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When and where was St. Jerome born?

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José de Ribera: Saint Jerome — St. Jerome *Saint Jerome*, oil on canvas by José de Ribera (Jusepe de Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto), c. 1638–40; in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

St. Jerome was born circa 347 in Stridon, a town in Dalmatia. While the exact location of Stridon remains uncertain, it is believed to have been situated near what are now the modern cities of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Zagreb, Croatia; or Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.12