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c. 397–400 · Spiritual autobiography · 13 books
The Confessions
A life recounted as praise: desire, sin, conversion, memory, creation, and rest in God.
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Bishop · Doctor of the Church
St. Augustine of Hippo
354–430
A searching theologian of grace, memory, desire, and the restless human heart.
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Life & thought
Born in Roman North Africa, Augustine became bishop of Hippo after a long intellectual and spiritual conversion. His work joins biblical interpretation, philosophical argument, pastoral care, and prayer with unusual intimacy.