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Saint Jerome in Meditation (c. 1605) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio now in the Museum of Montserrat next to the Monastery of Santa Maria Montserrat (Museu del Monestir de Santa Maria).Saint Jerome hermit Father of the Church and responsible for the translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate Bible) was a popular figure in Caravaggio’s time and the artist painted him at least eight times (only three survive).

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