St. Jerome in the Croatian Culture

Abstract

The role of St. Jerome is without any doubt of great importance for the Croatian culture and literature. This specific intertwinement between the two is first based on the feverish search for ubicating his birthplace Stridon, which lies, according to some hypotheses, in the territory of the present Croatia. Apart from this, Croatian culture is closely related to St. Jerome through the Glagolic tradition. These two topoi belong to a diversified controversy about St. Jerome in the Croatian literature as well as in the broader Croatian culture.

Keywords

• ubication
• stridon
• croatian literature
• croatian culture
• historiography