Jeronim () is a dispersed settlement in the

Municipality of Vransko The Municipality of Vransko (; sl, Občina Vransko) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Vransko. Vransko became a municipality in 1998. Settle ...

in central

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. It lies in the hills north and west of Vransko. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jeronim'' (literally, 'Saint Jerome') to ''Jeronim'' (literally, 'Jerome') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

Church

The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Jerome ( sl, sveti Jeronim) and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Vransko. It is an early 15th-century building and parts of the walled enclosure built in defence against Ottoman raids still survive. The

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

was extended and the belfry rebuilt in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3507

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Populated places in the Municipality of Vransko {{Vransko-geo-stub