Accused of adultery...

...he was exonerated by the highest civil authority.

Beset by heretics, he rallied other bishops in defense of the faith and initiated a new translation of the Bible.

Born in a time of persecution, he lived to see the Christian faith take a central place in a new world order.

Saint Damasus, bishop of Rome and mentor of Saint Jerome, died on this very day in 384.

(from a previous post)