Stridon

Stridon bishopric seat of Roman province Dalmatia, in today Bosnia, on map of Roman Empire about 395 from "Historical Atlas" (1911) by William R. Shepherd

In this old book titled "Natale solum magni ecclesiae doctoris sancti Hieronymi in ruderibus Stridonis occultatum" ("Birthplace of Saint Jerome...") from 1752, refers Croatian Pauline Josip Bedeković Komorski from Sveta Jelena monastery to Štrigova in Međimurje County as the Saint Jeromes birthplace

Stridon (Latin: Strido Dalmatiae) was a town in the Roman province of Dalmatia. The town is known as the birthplace of Saint Jerome. From Stridon also came Domnus of Stridon, a bishop who took part in the First Council of Nicaea, and priest Lupicinus of Stridon. In 379 the town was destroyed by the Goths. Jerome wrote about it in his work De viris illustribus: "Hieronymus patre Eusebio natus, oppido Stridonis, quod a Gothis eversum, Dalmatiae quondam Pannoniaeque confinium fuit...".

The exact location of Stridon is unknown. It is possible Stridon was located either in modern Croatia or Slovenia. Possible locations are the vicinity of Ljubljana, Starod (Slovenia), Sdrin, Štrigova, Zrenj, Zrin (Croatia) and many others in both countries. However, according to others, like Frane Bulić and his work "Stridon (Grahovopolje u Bosni) rodno mjesto Svetoga Jeronima: rasprava povjesno-geografska" (1920), and geographical map of the Roman Empire in 395 CE from "Historical Atlas" (1911) by William R. Shepherd, Stridon, which was the seat of a bishopric, is placed at 44.2N, 17.7E, in today's Bosnia, in Grahovo polje, near town of Tuzla