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- The city of Santa Monica, California, is named after Monica. A legend states that in the 18th century Father Juan Crespí named a local dripping spring Las Lágrimas de Santa Mónica ("Saint Monica’s Tears"; today known as the Serra Springs) that was reminiscent of the tears that Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
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Aug 21, 2019 · Born in the 4 th century, St. Monica is recognized as the patron saint of mothers. Her faith and dedication to motherhood played a pivotal role in the spiritual formation of one of the most brilliant philosophers and well-known saints of all time – Saint Augustine, her son.
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Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo.
The etymology of Monica is unknown. Its earliest attestation known today is as the name of Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine. St. Monica was born in Numidia in North Africa, but was also a citizen of Carthage, hence the name may be of Punic or Berber origin. [1]
Nov 7, 2023 · Saint Monica was born in Tagaste, North Africa (present-day Algeria) around the year 331 AD. She came from a devout Christian family with roots in the Berberg ethnic group of Africa. Monica’s faith would later become a defining aspect of her life story as she focused on raising her children in the Christian tradition.
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At the age of 22, she gave birth to her firstborn, Augustine, who was followed by Navigius, and a daughter whose name has been lost. Monica reared them in a Christian household. Widowed at 39, she was left in charge of managing the family property, dedicating herself with love to her offspring. A thoughtful and careful mother, Monica experienced gr...
Waiting to take ship at Ostia, Monica and Augustine enter into days of intense spiritual dialogue. One of these constituted the so-called vision at Ostia, narrated in the Confessions (IX.x.23-27). “she and I stood alone, leaning in a certain window, from which the garden of the house we occupied at Ostia could be seen; ... We then were conversing a...
The relics of Saint Monica have been kept for centuries in Sant'Aurea. Today there is only a tombstone, since in the 15th century Pope Martin V desired that her relics be translated to Rome, and housed in the church of San Trifone - in the care of the Augustinian Friars - and then enshrined in the larger Basilica of St. Augustine. There they remain...
Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo, is St. Augustine of Hippo's mother. She was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day Algeria. When she was very young, she was married off to the Roman pagan Patricius, who shared his mother's violent temper.
Aug 27, 2011 · Monica was born into a Catholic family in 332, in the North African city of Tagaste located in present-day Algeria. She was raised by a maidservant who taught her the virtues of obedience and...
