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4 days ago · Saint Augustine of Hippo is a magnificent saint in the Catholic Church. As a theologian and philosopher, he laid the framework for the doctrine of original sin and salvation.
3 days ago · Saint Augustine (also known as Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo) was born on November 13, 354 in Thagaste, Numidia and died on August 28, 430. When Augustine was young, he showed a lot of promise in school.
2 days ago · But when neurons in the brain are lost and memories seem to be sealed in their cerebral caverns and hollows, sufferers of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease may find increasingly that the power of memory that St. Augustine wrote about is beyond their reach.
5 days ago · St. Augustine of Hippo has been an influential figure in my life for many years. The best way I can describe the role Augustine plays in my life is to say he’s like a favorite uncle that shows up and takes care of things just when I need him. When I wanted to learn how to pray with Scripture, Augustine taught me through his Confessions.
2 days ago · The order takes its name from St. Augustine, who was made Bishop of Hippo in the year 395. (fn. 1) He lived with his clergy under the same roof in a form of brotherhood, observing a common rule or canon of life (from [ kanon ], rule, regular).
5 days ago · A year later, in order to maintain Spanish sovereignty over Florida, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés destroyed the French colony and founded the city, which he named for St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo, upon whose feast day he had sighted the coast. Except for the 20 years (1763–83) that Florida belonged to England, throughout the following 256 ...
5 days ago · According to legend, God used a small child to teach the great saint a valuable lesson. By Kathy Schiffer, October 30, 2020 – National Catholic Register. Augustine of Hippo lived a wild life — abandoning the faith, fathering a child out of wedlock, and rejecting the values of his mother Monica.
