Sophronius (theologian)

Sophronius (Greek: Σωφρόνιος, romanized: Sōphronios; fl. c.

AD 392) was a Christian theologian and translator of the late 4th century AD, a friend of Jerome.

[1][2][3] In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Sophronius wrote "In praise of Bethlehem," which was Jerome's hometown; it is believed that Sophronius was a native speaker of Greek and that he also lived in Bethlehem as part of Jerome's learned community.

He also wrote: He also translated some of Jerome's work into Greek.

[4] Jerome dedicated his Latin Psalters to Sophronius.