Saint Jerome wrote the Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate.
Jerome was a fourth-century Christian scholar from Stridon who became one of the most important biblical translators in the Western Church. He studied Latin and Greek, learned Hebrew, and worked from biblical manuscripts in their original languages or ancient versions.
At the request of Pope Damasus I, Jerome revised the existing Latin Gospels around 382. He later translated much of the Old Testament from Hebrew while living in Bethlehem. His work gradually became known as the Vulgate, from the Latin word for “common” or “popular.”
Jerome did not produce every part of the Vulgate entirely from scratch, and the text developed through transmission and later revision. Even so, his translations and commentaries profoundly influenced Western theology, liturgy, art, and biblical study. His feast day is 30 September.