Sophronius (theologian)

Funeral of St Jerome (detail), with his students and companions in attendance. (Filippo Lippi, c. 1460)

Sophronius (Greek: Σωφρόνιος, romanized: Sōphronios; fl. c. AD 392) was a Christian theologian and translator of the late 4th century AD, a friend of Jerome.[1][2][3]

Map of ancient Bethlehem. Jerome's study was underneath the Church of the Nativity, marked on this map as "Inn where Christ was born."

In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Sophronius wrote "In praise of Bethlehem," which was Jerome's hometown; it is believed that Sophronius was a native speaker of Greek and that he also lived in Bethlehem as part of Jerome's learned community. He also wrote:

He also translated some of Jerome's work into Greek.[4] Jerome dedicated his Latin Psalters to Sophronius.[5]

References

  1. ^ SAINT JEROME; HALTON, THOMAS P. (1999). On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100). Catholic University of America Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2853x3. ISBN 978-0-8132-0100-9. JSTOR j.ctt2853x3 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. III: Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men.: Sophronius. | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
  3. ^ A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible". (1877:29). United Kingdom: J. Murray.
  4. ^ a b "SermonIndex.net Audio Sermons - Sermon Index". SermonIndex.net.
  5. ^ Williams, M. H. (2006:87). The Monk and the Book: Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship. United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press.