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St. Augustine Of Hippo Research Paper

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Joseph Sabatino Mr. Malicay 02 November 2015 IntroCath Period A St. Augustine of Hippo St. Augustine of Hippo was born on November 13, 354 in a town called Tagaste. St. Augustine's family was not rich, and his father was still a pagan. Augustine was not baptized as a Christian until he was in his thirties. Augustine had a Christian education. At the age of seventeen, his parents sent him to Carthage to study. At Carthage, he deeply fell in love with a woman, who later became the mother of Augustine's son, Adeodatus. He never ended up marrying the woman, and she stayed as his mistress for many years. Augustine's mother persuaded him to leave and get rid of his mistress and move to Italy to find a good career. He took his mother's
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