ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

EARLY LIFE

• St. Augustine was born on November 13, 354
• in Thagaste, Numidia
• At age 11 he studied pagan beliefs and teachings
• He went to college at 17 and there he lost his interest
• in the church and left and later joined the Manichaean religion

CONVERSION STORY

• At the age of 31 he was inspired after hearing the
• story of Saint Anthony of the Desert
• Later he explained that his conversion was like hearing a
• child like voice speak to him

LIFE CONT.

• After his conversion he was baptized in Milan a year later
• Between the year he wrote books some called Confessions
• of St. Augustine and The City of God
• In 391 Augustine was ordained as a priest and later
• in 395 he was ordained as a bishop; Feast day- August 28

HAGIOGRAPHY

• St. Augustine was on the beach and saw a young boy,
• the boy was trying to fill a small hole with the whole sea.
• And so St. Augustine told him that it is impossible.
• The boy responds it is no more impossible that trying
• to comprehend the mystery of the Holy Spirit

HAGIOGRAPHY

• Many people think that this was from a message of God
• to tell St. Augustine a lesson on pride
• And reminds us about the human limits and understanding
• the great mystery of God

PATRONAGE

• St. Augustine is the patron of Brewers
• because of his amazing turn around
• and gave up a life of sin
• After his conversion he also practiced poverty
• and supported the less fortunate

QUOTES

• "Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may
• not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked"
• "It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr"

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5 QUESTIONS

• St. Augustine of ________
• What is St. Augustine a patron of?
• What inspired St. Augustine and causes his conversion?
• The City of God is a book that St. Augustine wrote
• St. Augustine was ordained as a Bishop

ANSWERS

• Hippo
• Brewers
• The Story of Saint Anthony in the Desert
• True
• True