In art he is often depicted on the ground with a rock to beat against his chest.  
In art he is often depicted on the ground with a rock to beat against his chest.  According to one story, God once accused him of being a Ciceronian in his dreams.  He was ordained a priest by St. Paulinus of Nola and he went to Rome because of the Miletian schism.  In Rome he became a secretary to Pope Damasus and wrote criticism of many religious figures including Jovinian, the Pelagians, his friend Rufinus, and St. Augustine.  FTP, name this ascetic and scholar who led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 385 where he would write the Vulgate.
In art he is often depicted on the ground with a rock to beat against his chest.  
St. Jerome or Eusebius Hieronymus