Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo, who lived from 13 November 354 to 28 August 430, was a Christian theologian, philosopher and saint. He was born in Thagaste in Roman North Africa to a Catholic mother and a pagan father, trained in rhetoric at Carthage, followed the Manichaean religion for a time, and taught rhetoric in Carthage, Rome and Milan before converting to Catholic Christianity in 386. He was ordained a priest at Hippo Regius in 391, became assistant bishop in 396 and then bishop, and held the see until his death. He was among the most prolific authors of his age, with more than a hundred surviving works, of which the Confessiones, written in 397 and 398, is the best known. Open Library lists over two thousand works under his name, many of them early editions and translations.