Hierony̆mus

, a tyrant of Sicily, who succeeded his father or grandfather Hiero, when only 15 years old. He rendered himself odious by his cruelty, oppre ion, and debauchery. He abjured the alliance of Rome, which Hiero had observed with so much honour and advantage. He was a a inated, and all his family was overwhelmed in his fall, and totally extirpated, B.C. 214.――An historian of Rhodes, who wrote an account of the actions of Demetrius Pol i or cetes, by whom he was appointed over Bœotia, B.C. 254. Plutarch , Demetrius .――An A then i an set over the fleet, while Conon went to the king of Persia.――A christian writer commonly called St.   Jerome , born in Pannonia, and distinguished for his zeal against heretics. He wrote commentaries on the prophets, St.  Matthew’s gospel, . , a Latin version known by the name of Vulgate , polemical treatises, and an account of ecclesiastical writers before him. Of his works, which are replete with lively animation, sublimity, and erudition, the best edition is that of Vallersius, folio, Veronæ, 1734 to 1740, 10  vols. Jerome died A.D. 420, in his 91st year.