Hieronymus Romanus: studies on Jerome and Rome on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of his death

Rome, be it as a concrete space, be it as a concept and idea, occupies an outstanding place in the thoughts and actions of Jerome of Stridon (c. 347-419). Glowing propagandist of the ideal of asceticism in the Latin sphere and highly influential scholar of the Bible, he received his philological edu...

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Subtitles:Studies on Jerome and Rome on the occasion of the 1600th
Contributors: Schaaf, Ingo 1979- (Editor) ; Prinzivalli, Emanuela 1956- (Contributor) ; Feichtinger, Barbara 1963- (Contributor) ; Caruso, Giuseppe (Contributor)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
German
Italian
French
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Published: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols 2021
In: Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia (87)
Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia 87
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius 345-420 / Vatican Palace
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Conference program 2019 (Vatican Palace)
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Summary:Rome, be it as a concrete space, be it as a concept and idea, occupies an outstanding place in the thoughts and actions of Jerome of Stridon (c. 347-419). Glowing propagandist of the ideal of asceticism in the Latin sphere and highly influential scholar of the Bible, he received his philological education here as well as his baptism. Beyond this background of study and adherence to the church of Rome, the Urbs continued to hold a key position for him, who under the pontificate of Damasus established himself as a mediator between East and West and translator of Scripture. A sharp-tongued and increasingly controversial figure at the same time, Jerome subsequently turned into the target of antiascetic criticism and, once bereft of papal protection, had to leave Rome for good. However, even in distant Palestine, the city on the Tiber and its memories remained present in the writings of Jerome, who did not stop using a Roman network in order to have his works circulate within the Urbs and eventually lamented its fall as that of "the entire world in a city". 0From multifaceted perspectives - historical, philological, theological, exegetical and archaeological - the papers collected in this volume explore Rome?s unique and exemplary meaning for Jerome?s life and works. In the juxtaposition of both lieux de mémoire, the father of the Church and the Urbs, this reciprocal thematic cut illuminates additional aspects of a Roma Christiana as imagined by Jerome, and of the Stridonian himself as both key figurations of Late Antiquity
Item Description:Erscheint voraussichtlich November 2021
ISBN:2503592597
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1484/M.IPM-EB.5.121840