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Pope Damasus I

c. 305 – 384 · b. Rome · Bishop of Rome
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Bishop of Rome 366-384. Patron of Jerome who commissioned the Vulgate. Established the canon of Scripture at the Roman Synod (382).

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Who was Pope Damasus I?
Pope Damasus I (305–384) — Bishop of Rome 366-384. Patron of Jerome who commissioned the Vulgate. Established the canon of Scripture at the Roman Synod (382).
Who did Pope Damasus I correspond with?
Jerome.
Who succeeded Pope Damasus I as bishop of Rome?
Pope Innocent I.

Sources for biography

  • Liber Pontificalis 39 primary
  • Jerome, Epistulae 15, 18, 35-36 primary

documented connections(1)

  • corresponded (incoming) Jerome
    Damasus commissioned Jerome's revision of the Latin Bible.
    Jerome, Epistulae 15, 18, 35-36 · Jerome, Praefatio in Evangelia (ad Damasum)

tradition connections(1)

  • succeeded in see (incoming) Pope Innocent I
    Innocent became Bishop of Rome (401) following Anastasius, Siricius, and Damasus — three intervening bishops. Source is the Liber Pontificalis.
    Liber Pontificalis 39-42

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