Hieronymus (Jerome) (c. 722 - after 782), was the son of

Charles Martel Charles Martel (; – 22 October 741), ''Martel'' being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Franks, Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of ...

and his mistress, and so was the half-brother of Bernard, Abbot of St. Quentin, a key confidant of

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...

, and Remigius, the third

Archbishop of Rouen The Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Archbishop of Rouen's ecclesi ...

. In 754, Hieronymus was tasked with Fulradus, abbot of St. Denys, and others, to escort Pope Stephen II back to Rome.Freeman, Edward Augustus. ''Western Europe in the Eighth Century & Onward'', Macmillan and Company, ltd. 1904, p.172
/ref> This was following King Pipin's victorious campaign against his archenemy

Aistulf Aistulf (also Ahistulf, Haistulfus, Astolf etc.; , ; died December 756) was the Duke of Friuli from 744, King of the Lombards from 749, and Duke of Spoleto from 751. His reign was characterized by ruthless and ambitious efforts to conquer Roman ...

, King of the Lombards. He became lay abbot of the monastery of St. Quentin in the diocese of Noyon. He was succeeded by his son Fulrad. Hieronymus married Ercheswinda (Ermentrudis), origins unknown, and they had four children: * Audoen I * Fulrad (d. 31 January 826), Abbé de Saint-Quentin and an imperial ' 'missi of Charlemagne in 806. * Richarda, married Nithard * Folcuin (d. 15 Dec 855), Bishop of Thérouanne, 817–855. Settipani suggests that

Boso of Provence Boso of Provence (; 841 – 11 January 887) was the first non-Carolingian dynasty, Carolingian pretender to the royal throne of West Francia in 879, who failed to achieve wider recognition, being accepted only in Lower Burgundy and Provence, ...

descended from Hieronymus, although there does not appear to be any real evidence to support this.

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Sources

Settipani, Christian, ''La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens'', Broché, 1993 Murray, J., ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuations of the Dictionary of the Bible'', Forgotten Books, 1882 (available o
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