<P> The translation was largely the work of St Jerome , who in 382 had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina ( `` Old Latin '' ) Gospels then in use by the Roman Church . Jerome , on his own initiative , extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the Books of the Bible , and once published , the new version was widely adopted and eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina ; so that by the 13th century , it took over from the former version the appellation of `` versio vulgata '' ( the `` version commonly used '' ) or vulgata for short , and in Greek as βουλγάτα ( `` Voulgata '' ) . </P>
<P> The translation was largely the work of St Jerome , who in 382 had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina ( `` Old Latin '' ) Gospels then in use by the Roman Church . Jerome , on his own initiative , extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the Books of the Bible , and once published , the new version was widely adopted and eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina ; so that by the 13th century , it took over from the former version the appellation of `` versio vulgata '' ( the `` version commonly used '' ) or vulgata for short , and in Greek as βουλγάτα ( `` Voulgata '' ) . </P>
the first person to do a complete translation of the bible into latin
the first person to do a complete translation of the bible into latin
St Jerome
St Jerome