ID: 901001536 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001536	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Saint Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography)

Note: Story from the life of Saint Jerome (about 341 - 420), one of the four doctors of the Church. One day, a lion entered the monastery where Jerome resided, causing his fellow monks to flee, but Jerome recognized that the beast was injured and he cured it by removing a thorn from its paw.

Names:

	Saint Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	St. Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography) (English,U,N)
	Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw (Christian iconography) (f,English,U,N)
	San Girolamo e il leone (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<New Testament narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Jerome (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Saint Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... miracle
	.....(events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... lion (species)
	.....(Panthera (genus), Felidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... charity (philosophical concept)
	.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Jerome, Saint (Roman religious leader, saint, ca. 342-420)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Saint Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	St. Jerome and the Lion (Christian iconography)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) referenced in 11H(Jerome)51 St. Jerome pulling a thorn out of the paw of a lion
	Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw (Christian iconography)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	San Girolamo e il leone (Christian iconography)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/250709/master-of-the-murano-gradual-saint-jerome-extracting-a-thorn-from-a-lion's-paw-italian-second-quarter-of-15th-century/
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11H(Jerome)51 St. Jerome pulling a thorn out of the paw of a lion