Origin: Stridon, exact location unknown Historical identity: Latin-speaking Roman; Dalmatian-Pannonian border origin Affiliation: Late antique monastic or ascetic tradition
Life and work
Biblical translator, exegete and ascetic whose Latin translations formed the core of the Vulgate. His scholarly life connected Rome and the Greek East with a long residence at Bethlehem.
Places and activities
Stridon (unlocated)
c. 347
Born at Stridon, whose identification remains disputed.
Birth c. 347; death 419 or 420. Stridon remains unlocated; a precise modern nationality would be misleading.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Biographical article.
Primary text or author archive. Its presence in the bibliography does not by itself support every map claim.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.