... interest in ecclesiastical literature and scriptural studies was stimulated by his interaction with a close group of friends who lived in Aquileia and included Chromatius (the future bishop of Aquileia), Jerome's foster brother, Bosons, and Heliodorus (the future bishop of Altinum). In 373 Jerome left his companions to travel to Antioch, where he fell into ill-health; in a famous letter to Eustochium ... ...

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