St. Augustine of Hippo
Statue of St. Augustine and the Angel in the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation in Madrid, Spain.
The great St. Augustine’s life is unfolded to us in documents of unrivaled richness, and of no great character of ancient times have we information comparable to that contained in the “Confessions,” which relate the touching story of his soul, the “Retractations,” which give the history of his mind, and the “Life of Augustine,” written by his friend Possidius, telling of the saint’s apostolate.
We will confine ourselves to sketching the three periods of this great life: (1) the young wanderer’s gradual…
