moves to Milan where one day in a garden, he experiences this: Certainly his impact in the church–Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox cannot be underestimated.Īugustine provides this account in Book 12 of The Confessions. Augustine is a doctor of the church and is one of the most influential thinkers of all time. In his last days, it is reported, that Augustine asked for the Psalms to be posted around his room so that he might pray them as he prepared to die. A prolific writer and excellent orator, Augustine left behind more than 100 books and 300 sermons. Shortly after Augustine was ordained as a priest he was appointed as bishop of Hippo. He sold his extensive family inheritance and gave all he received to the poor, keeping only a family house which he turned into a monastery. Once converted, and after the death of his mother, Augustine moved to Africa where his son also died. His conversion story, which took place in a garden in Milan is told in Book 12 of The Confessions which is excerpted below in the block quotation.

Augustine’s conversion and baptism in 387 happened after many years of prayer by his mother. Saint Augustine follows a pattern of many saints in their youth–wealthy, distracted by parties and drinking, and well educated–he is a follower of Manichean philosophy which he later rejects. The Consecration of Saint Augustine by Jaume Huguet c.

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