# Stridon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stridon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stridon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridon > Source revision: 1285374894 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Town in Dalmatia, Rome}} [[File:Roman Empire about 395.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|The Stridon bishopric seat in the Roman province Dalmatia (in today's [Bosnia](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)) on a map of the Roman Empire about 395 AD, from ''Historical Atlas'' (1911) by [William R. Shepherd](/source/William_R._Shepherd)]] [[File:Josip Bedeković - Natale solum magni ecclesiae dostoris sancti Hieronymi (1752).jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In this 1752 book titled ''Natale solum magni ecclesiae doctoris sancti Hieronymi in ruderibus Stridonis occultatum'' ("Birthplace of [Saint Jerome](/source/Saint_Jerome)."), [Croatia](/source/Croatia)n [Pauline](/source/Order_of_Saint_Paul_the_First_Hermit) [Josip Bedeković Komorski](/source/Josip_Bedekovi%C4%87_Komorski) of the [Sveta Jelena](/source/Sveta_Jelena%2C_Me%C4%91imurje) monastery refers to [Štrigova](/source/%C5%A0trigova) in [Međimurje County](/source/Me%C4%91imurje_County) as the birthplace of [Saint Jerome](/source/Saint_Jerome).]] '''Stridon''' ({{langx|la|Strido Dalmatiae}}) was a town in the [Roman province of Dalmatia](/source/Roman_province_of_Dalmatia), of unknown location, best known as the birthplace of [Saint Jerome](/source/Saint_Jerome). In 379, the town was destroyed by the [Goths](/source/Goths). Jerome wrote about it in his work ''[De viris illustribus](/source/De_viris_illustribus)'':Jerome, ''De viris illustribus'', ch. 135. "Jerome was born to his father Eusebius, [in the] town of Strido, which the Goths overthrew, and was once at the border between Dalmatia and Pannonia." ("''Hieronymus patre Eusebio natus, oppido Stridonis, quod a Gothis eversum, Dalmatiae quondam Pannoniaeque confinium fuit...''"). ==Location== The exact location of Stridon is unknown. It is possible Stridon was located either in modern [Croatia](/source/Croatia) or [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia). Possible locations are the vicinity of [Ljubljana](/source/Ljubljana),{{cite web |year= 2010 |url= http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226257&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226257&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500783&baseIndex=25&bmLocale=en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110615182333/http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226257&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226257&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500783&baseIndex=25&bmLocale=en |url-status= dead|archive-date= 15 June 2011 |title= Decorative Arts: Renaissance - Saint Jerome and the Lion |publisher= Louvre.fr |access-date=1 February 2010}} [Starod](/source/Starod) (Slovenia), [Sdrin](/source/Sdrin), [Štrigova](/source/%C5%A0trigova), [Zrenj](/source/Zrenj), [Zrin](/source/Zrin) (Croatia) and many others in both countries.{{cite web|title=Neizčrpen vir|trans-title=An inexhaustible resource|url= http://www.druzina.si/ICD/spletnastran.nsf/all/2AAF9A6C851CDBC0C125736900348B23?OpenDocument |website=www.druzina.si}}{{cite journal| journal= Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu| issn= 0350-7165| volume= 6| issue= 1|date=October 1902| author= Josip Florschütz| title= Stridon i Zrin|trans-title= Stridon and Zrin| language= Croatian| pages= 87–98| format= PDF| url= http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=76255| accessdate= 30 September 2011}}{{cite journal| journal= Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu| issn= 0350-7165| volume= 22-23| issue= 1|date=January 1942| author= Antun Mayer| title= Stridon|trans-title= Stridon| language= Croatian| pages= 175–185| format= PDF| url= http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=76850| accessdate= 30 September 2011}} However, according to other sources, such as [Frane Bulić](/source/Frane_Buli%C4%87) in his work ''Stridon (Grahovopolje u Bosni) rodno mjesto Svetoga Jeronima: rasprava povjesno-geografska'' (1920) and the geographical map of the Roman Empire in 395 AD from ''Historical Atlas'' (1911) by [William R. Shepherd](/source/William_R._Shepherd), Stridon, which was the seat of a bishopric, is placed at 44.2N, 17.7E, in today's [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina), in {{ill|Grahovsko Polje|bs}}, near the town of [Grahovo](/source/Bosansko_Grahovo).{{cite web|last=Bulić|first=Frane|author-link=Frane Bulić|date=1920|title=Stridon (Grahovopolje u Bosni) rodno mjesto Svetoga Jeronima: rasprava povjesno-geografska|trans-title=Stridon (Grahovopolje in Bosnia) the birthplace of St. Jerome: a historical-geographical discussion|url=https://archive.org/details/stridongrahovopo00buli|access-date=30 October 2013|work=Journal of Dalmatian Archeology and History, v. 43|publisher=Zemaljska štamparija - Sarajevo|language=Bosnian, Croatian}}{{cite book|title=Historical Atlas|section-url=https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd_1911/shepherd-c-042-043.jpg|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1911.html|section=The Roman Empire about 395|location=New York|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|access-date=4 March 2019|first=William R.|last= Shepherd|author-link=William R. Shepherd|pages=42–43|year=1911}} == Notable people== Other than [Saint Jerome](/source/Saint_Jerome), the priest [Lupicinus of Stridon](/source/Lupicinus_of_Stridon) came from Stridon. [Domnus of Pannonia](/source/Domnus_of_Pannonia), a bishop who took part in the [First Council of Nicaea](/source/First_Council_of_Nicaea), is often said to have come from or been bishop of Stridon or, more likely, the bishop of [Sirmium](/source/Sirmium). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:Roman towns and cities in Croatia Category:Jerome Category:Former populated places in Croatia Category:Roman towns and cities in Slovenia Category:History of Dalmatia {{AncientRome-stub}} {{Slovenia-geo-stub}} {{Croatia-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stridon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridon?action=history)). 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