PATRON SAINT OF – LINGUISTS/TRANSLATORS
FEAST DAY – 30 September
On September 11, 2017 during a humble ceremony at the Presidio of Monterey Chapel, St. Jerome became inducted as the patron saint of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and of military linguists.
St. Jerome, who lived from 347 to 420, has been associated with writing, cataloging and translating works of history, biographies, and biblical translations and is traditionally regarded as the most learned of the Latin Fathers. St. Jerome was dedicated to his work as a translator and linguist. He was disciplined and he believed in what he was doing, pushing himself to be an expert in language and the understanding of them. He was internationally influenced, traveled the world and respected other cultures, while dialoging with many to discuss scholarship and the truth.
Read more about Saint Jerome at https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=10