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Statue / monument of  St. Jerome the Priest in Washington DC by Sculptor Ivan Mestrovic  Subject:  St. Jerome the Priest
 Year: 1954
 Sculptor: Ivan Mestrovic
 Location: Sheridan Circle
( Massachusetts Ave. & 24th )
 

Jerome (341-420) was born in Stridon, Croatia and became a noted clerical scholar. He later moved to Bethlehem and wrote numerous commentaries on the Bible. He is credited with being the first to translate the Bible from Hebrew into Latin.

This statue originally sat on the grounds of the Franciscan Abbey, but was moved to its present location in front of the Croatian Embassy after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the creation of the Croatian state.



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