Full Name: Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Birth Name: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis.
Nickname: St. Augustine.

Father Name: Patricius.
Mother Name: Saint Monica.
Wife: Never married.

Date of Birth: November 13, 354 AD.
Birth Place: Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria).

Date of Death: 28 August 430 (aged 75).
Death Place: Hippo Regius, Numidia (now Annaba, Algeria).
Cause of Death: Unspecified.
Remains: Buried, Saint Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia, Italy.

Gender: Male.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern.
Occupation: Priest, Sociologist, Philosopher.
Notable Work(s): Confessions of St. Augustine, City of God, On Christian Doctrine.

Influenced: Bernard of Clairvaux, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure, John Calvin, Martin Luther, René Descartes, Cornelius Jansen, Nicolas Malebranche, John Henry Newman, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Antonio Negri.

Major Writings: 
  • The Confessions of St. Augustine (398 AD)
  • Confessions (401)
  • The City of God (426)
  • On Christian Doctrine (397)
  • Soliloquies (386-387)
  • On Grace and Free Will (426)
  • Retractions (426-427)
  • Letters (386-430)
Priest, sociologist and philosopher Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Father of the Church. He is one of the major thinkers in the history of Western thought. His writings are regarded as influential in the development of Western Christianity and philosophy. Augustine was influenced by his mother (Saint Monica), Cicero, Plotinus, Ambrose, Anthony the Great, Paul the Apostle, Cyprian, Plato, Socrates etc.

Early Life & Childhood: Augustine was born in 354 in the municipium of Thagaste (now Souk Ahras, Algeria) in Roman Africa. His father, Patricius was a pagan and his mother, Saint Monica was a Roman Catholic. At the age of 11, he was sent to school at Madaurus (now M'Daourouch). There he became familiar with Latin literature and was influenced by the writings of Cicero. In 371 at the age of 17, he moved to Carthage in order to continue his education in rhetoric. In 375 Augustine started his own school in Carthage. He taught in Tagaste and Carthage and in 383 opened a similar school in Rome. However, Augustine grew disappointed with the Roman schools but he developed a reputation as a fine teacher and in 384 the prefect of the City of Rome.

Personal Life: In Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia), Augustine lived with a woman and he had a son in 372, Adeodatus, (which means Gift of God). It is believed that Augustine truly loved the woman. He had lived with her for a long time. He abandoned them finally on his conversion in 389 and was deeply hurt by ending this relationship.

Later Life & Death: Augustine went to Italy in 383, studying Neo-platonic philosophy and became a pupil of Ambrose. In 386, Augustine read an account of the life of Saint Anthony of the Desert which inspired him to return to the Catholic Church. He gave up his teaching career in Milan and moved back to Africa. Soon afterwards, his mother and son both died in a few days. He has ordained a priest in 391. From 396 till his death in 430, he ruled the diocese alone. Augustine died on 28 August 430 and was buried at Saint Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, Italy.