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[Emoke Greschik]

Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

*Memorial*

St. Augustine was* born in 354 in northern Africa* to *a Christian mother* *and
a pagan father*. He was enrolled as a catechumen, but *drifted from*
*Christianity
*in the years he spent studying in Carthage. There he received the best
education Rome had to offer and became a rhetorician and teacher. He *spent
a decade in the Manichaean religion*, and then *was attracted to
Neoplatonism.* Eventually, *through the tireless efforts of his mother, St.
Monica, and with the guidance of St. Ambrose,* Bishop of Milan, *St.
Augustine returned to the Catholic faith. He parted from** his long-time
concubine *and *was baptized at age 33 *in Milan. Then, *after Monica’s
death he returned to Africa where he became a monk*. He was ordained a
priest in 391, and four years later he became Bishop of Hippo. Until his
death in 430, Augustine was a busy pastor in his diocese and a leader in
the Church of North Africa. He found time to compose* a vast body of
theological writings*, which have made him *one of the most influential
theologians in the history* of the Church. Among his writings are his
autobiographical *Confessions*, a vast treatise on the place of
Christianity in world history called *The City of God, a masterful study On
the Trinity, and hundreds of letters and sermons*. [2]
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