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NA16505
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Augustine
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Dates
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354-430
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Epithet
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Saint, of Hippo
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Saint Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus) was born in Thagaste in Numidia in 354 A.D. He was well-born, with Latin as his mother tongue. His mother, Monica, was a Christian and was extremely influential in his life. After a classical education, he was sent to Carthage, where he studied rhetoric: there, through his readings, he was drawn to the Manichees, whose intellectual tendencies appealed to him. However, in 384 Augustine went to Milan to teach rhetoric, and there met St. Ambrose (c.340 - 397 A.D.). He was reconverted to Christianity in 386, and later wrote several works against Manicheism. His mother died in 387, just after his baptism. Apart from an early work on rhetoric and the philosophical dialogues taken from the discussions during his stay with friends and family at a villa at Cassiciacum, most of Augustine?s works were written after her death. Their reputation led to Augustine being ordained in 391, and four years later he was made Bishop of Hippo. His last work was the Retractationes in 428, and he died during the siege of Hippo by the Vandals in 430. His writings, much influenced by classical authors, were copious; biographical, exegetical and doctrinal. They were immediately popular and continued to be so throughout the Middle Ages, when every monastic library would have had copies of some of his works. Augustine is considered one of the most influential figures in the early Christian church.
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Augustinus, Aurelius
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Associated records
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GB231/MS 6 | Augustine: Libri contra Julianum; Letters | 13th century | GB231/MS 7 | Augustine: various works | Mid 15th century | GB231/MS 8 | Augustine: De perfectione iustitiae hominum; De ordine; De civitate Dei | 13th century | GB231/MS 9 | Augustine and Ambrose: Extracts on the salvation of Solomon; Augustine: sermons | Early 12th century | GB231/MS 219 | Augustinus super Johannem | Late 12th century | GB231/MS 4 - 5 | Augustine: Expositis super Psalmos | Early 12th century |
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