A Mosaic in the Chapel of Jerome’s Room

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A Mosaic in the Chapel of Jerome’s Room

A mosaic in the chapel of Jerome’s Room, the traditional site where Jerome translated the Latin Vulgate, located under the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Brand, Chad et al., eds. “Vulgate.” Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary 2003 : 1656. Print.

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