Charlemagne (Paris) and those in the Bible known as the Bible of Charles the Fat (Rome, St Paul Outside the Walls) suggest common models; among the most important later examples are to be recalled the paintings by Carpaccio in the Scuola degli Schiavoni in Venice, the reliefs by Mino da Fiesole in the Museo artistico-industriale in Rome, and the frescoes by Domenichino in the atrium of S. Onofrio in Rome (where the celebrated 'anticiceronian vision' is also found, rarely depicted elsewhere). Among individual episodes, the Last Communion of St JEROME (Vatican Pinacoteca, 1614) deserves special mention; it is a masterpiece by Domenichino himself, inspired by a composition by A. Carracci.
VI. SOCIETY OF ST JEROME - A pious society for the diffusion of the Gospels, established in Rome in 1902 as an autonomous body with its own funds and contributions from members, later placed under the jurisdiction of the Holy See. Its patron is St Jerome. It is composed of 12 resident members and others who are benefactors or honorary members. At the first meeting, held on 27 April 1902 at the residence of Monsignor G. Della Chiesa (later Benedict XV), those present included Cardinal M. Mocenni, honorary president, the Fathers A. Leccidi, A. Conrado, G. Genocchi, the priest G. Clementi, F. Federici, G. Mercati, the laymen E. Puccinelli, G. P. Scotti, B. Nogara. From 1906 onwards, meetings were held at the Secretariat of State of His Holiness. The aim of the Society of St Jerome is 'the printing and diffusion of the Holy Gospels in the Italian language, and it extends its activity to all countries where this language is spoken'. The version it disseminates, based on the Vulgate with brief notes, was prepared by G. Clementi, G. Mercati and B. Nogara (1902); it was revised (1918) by E. Benedetti and G. Genocchi. A new edition appeared in 1950.
It also published separate Gospels of Matthew and Luke. To the Gospels were added the *Acts of the Apostles* and a prayer manual with illustrations. By 30 November 1902, 119,702 copies had already been distributed. The latest reprint, the 516th, dates from 1944 and is sold out. Among various proposals was one to extend the version to the entire New Testament, to paraphrase the Old Testament and to publish a life of Jesus. The Society has no commercial aims, but issues its publications at prices accessible to all. The Supreme Pontiffs, especially Pius X and Benedict XV, encouraged and assisted II. Pius XII expressed his satisfaction in a letter to Cardinal F. Tedeschini, protector of the Society of St Jerome (AAS, 42 [1950], p. 552). - See pl. XLVIII.