Vitae Patrum

St Jerome (c.327-420) was a theologian and historian who became one of the Doctors of the Church. He wrote extensively but is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate). His Vitae Patrum or Vita Pauli Primi Eremitae relates the life of St Paul the Hermit or the Anchorite (c.228 - c.341) who lived as a hermit in a cave in the mountains of the Theban desert. He is conside…