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Through the work of St. Jerome, Latin was retained as a major language in Christianity, helping to extend the legacy of the language to the present day. It was the language of the Roman Catholic Mass as recently as the mid-twentieth century, and it is still used in official documents of the Vatican. Latin may be a dead language, but its study lives on thanks to scholars from all over the ancient and medieval world. It was the work of people like Jerome that kept Latin alive in monasteries and the great libraries of cities like Alexandria and Baghdad. Without them, there probably would be no Latin class, no fun service and movie nights, no awesome conventions, no legendary Latin teachers, no *gasp* AP Caesar or Vergil. So, raise a glass to the ancient translators who kept classical Latin alive while elsewhere it transformed into Italian, French, and the other Romance languages.
And one more thing about St. Jerome: he’s the patron saint of translators. So, I like to think of him as the patron saint of Latin students as well. Happy translating!