ST. AUGUSTINE AND OTHERS

NAVIGUS AND PERPETUA

• Brother and sister of St. Augustine
• Both baptized at bequest of Monica, their mother
• Became very religious during their lives
• Perpetua became leader of sect of nuns in Hippo
• Navigus was with Augustine during some of his life in Italy

HIPPO REGIUS

• major Roman city in Africa
• hosted several Christian groups
• most famous bishop during Roman times was Augustine
• fell to the Vandals after Augustine died praying for the saftey of the Christians in the city
• very rich, wealthy city

AMBROSE

• born c. 340
• bishop of Milan
• had great influence on Augustine, helped convert him to Christianity
• led persecutions against heretics
• has been accused of being anti-semetic

VANDALS

• Germanic tribe that helped destroy the Roman Empire
• broke through Roman boreders in 406 AD
• along with the Goths, took control of the Roman Empire
• laid siege to Hippo in 430 AD
• Hippo fell in the same year

WRECKERS

• young men
• went to school at college of Carthage
• very violent, hazed other people
• Augustine was friends with them
• Augustine did not participate in their violent acts

DONATISTS

• Heretics
• belived that sacraments were invalid if the minister was in a state of sin
• believed that everyone who had recieved a sacrament from these ministers were invalid
• persecuted by several Roman emperors
• eventually died out when all members were excommunicated

ALYPIUS, PONTICIANUS, NEBRIDIUS

• friends of Augustine
• helped convince him to convert to Christianity
• told Augustine examples of conversions
• were with Augustine throughout his conversion

MILAN

• very large city in Itlay
• Ambrose was the bishop
• Augustine was baptized there
• Augustine met Simplicianus there

SIMPLICIANUS

• elderly priest
• lived in Milan
• told Augustine about Victorinus
• mentor of Ambrose
• was well respected among the residents of Milan

VICTORINUS

• famous rhetor
• converted to Christianity at old age
• lasting imppresion on Augustine
• had to leave teaching position because Christians were not allowed to be a teacher

THAGASTE

• birthplace of Augustine
• now located in Algeria
• Augustine was born there in 354
• existed for awhile, later renamed Souk Ahras

ADEODATUS

• son of Augustine
• name means,"gift of God"
• invredibly smart, made Augustine extremely proud
• baptized with Augustine and his friend
• died when he was sixteen years old

MANICHEANS

• religion based on good and evile
• members believed only they could defeat evil
• did not need God's help
• Augustine was a member for some time
• Augustine later became disenchanted with them, left soon after

FAUSTUS

• main bishop of Manicheans
• was supposed to have all the answers to Augustine's questions
• great orater and rhetor
• did not impress Augustine, prompted Augustine to leave

SYMMACHUS, ROMANIANUS

• both were wealthy Romans
• Symmachus did not believe in God, tried to persucute Christians
• Romanianus was a man who helped Monica pay for Augustine to go to college
• Romanianus was a very wealthy family friend

ROME

• one of the greatest empires of the ancient world
• controled almost all of the known world
• downfall began when groups like the Vandals and Goths began pillaging and attacking the Empire
• was eventually split up into the Western and Eastern Empires
• the Wets fell, but the East became stronger

CICERO, HORTENTIUS

• Hortentius was a book created by Cicero
• described how human happiness can be achieved
• Cicero was one of the most famous philosophers of Rome
• Augustine was deeply moved by Civeto and his works
• Augustine became disillusioned when he found that the book never mentioned Christ anywhere

VALERIUS

• bishop who persuaded Augustine to become a priest
• Augustine had listened to a mass presided over by Valerius
• He died in 396
• when Valerius died, Augustine took over his role as Bishop of Hippo