Augustine of Hippo (Person) AKA Saint Augustine, Augustinus
Augustine of Hippo
354 AD - 430 AD
AKA Saint Augustine, Augustinus
The bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church
A Roman African, Manichaean, early Christian theologian, doctor of the Church, and Neoplatonic philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of the Western Church and Western philosophy, and indirectly all of Western Christianity.
Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than one hundred separate titles. They include apologetic works against the heresies of the Arians, Donatists, Manichaeans and Pelagians; texts on Christian doctrine, notably De Doctrina Christiana (On Christian Doctrine); exegetical works such as commentaries on Genesis, the Psalms and Paul's Letter to the Romans; many sermons and letters; and the Retractationes, a review of his earlier works which he wrote near the end of his life.
Apart from those, Augustine is probably best known for his Confessions, which is a personal account of his earlier life, and for De civitate Dei (The City of God, consisting of 22 books), which he wrote to restore the confidence of his fellow Christians, which was badly shaken by the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410.
Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses.
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372 AD
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Adeodatus and his two parents Collegio San Agustin at Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Saint Augustine and the illumination of veritas (truth) By Philippe de Champaigne, c.1650 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: online database: entry 171584,
