Saint Jerome icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon St Hieronymus, Byzantine art wall hanging wood plaque, religious gift home decor

This byzantine icon is a lithography with double varnish layer to ensure vivid colors and waterproof properties depicting Saint Jerome, is a god inspired artwork abiding to the Athonian technique that was gives this icon unique religious and aesthetic value.

Our venerable and God-bearing father Jerome was noted as a scholar of Latin at the time when Greek was considered the language of scholarship. He was one of the most learned of the Fathers of the Western Church and is noted as the translator of the holy scriptures into Latin. This translation, the Vulgate, became the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. During his early adult life he traveled extensively, learning Greek and Hebrew, while pursing his rhetorical and philosophical studies. Among the many treatises, commentaries, translations, and exegetical works that he undertook was the revision of the Latin bible using the more recent versions of the Hebrew Old Testament. An ascetic and harsh critic of secular excesses, he was a strong defender of the Orthodox faith against the heresies of his time. His feast day is commemorated on June 15.

Can be hung on a wall or placed on a flat surface.

The item is sold without the stand depicted.