Augustine of Hippo

• Year: b. 354, d. 430.
• Feast Day: 15 June

Born in Thagaste to a pagan father and Christian mother (St Monica), Augustine spent years under the influence of Manichaeism before his conversion and baptism by St Ambrose of Milan in 387. Ordained priest and later Bishop of Hippo (391-430), he wrote prolifically, including ‘The City of God’ and ‘Confessions,’ combating the Donatist, Manichaean, and Pelagian heresies. He died in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, and is regarded as the towering theological figure of North African Christianity.

Read Confessions by St Augustine of Hippo and The Life of Saint Augustine by Possidius for more on the Life of the Great Holy Saint.