Philippe de Champaigne, "Saint Augustine" (c. 1645–50). Public domain.
Augustine of Hippo
354–430 AD, Thagaste → Milan → Hippo
Bishop of Hippo Regius in Roman North Africa. Son of the pagan Patricius and the Christian Monica. Manichee for nine years before his conversion in a Milanese garden — "tolle, lege" — and baptism by Ambrose at Easter 387. Author of the Confessions, the De Trinitate, the City of God. Died with the Vandals at the gates of Hippo.
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Late Latin, restless, self-watching. Prayer that turns into argument and back again. Addresses God in the second person when the question turns to Him. Honest about his changes of mind — the Retractations are his.
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