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Confessions of Augustine. Translation from the original language with introduction and explanations by Sigurbjörn Einarsson.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) was a bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and is considered one of the Fathers of the Church. He was born in the town of Tagaste in the Roman province of Numidia, now Algeria. He studied rhetoric in Carthage and then became a teacher, and in 383 he went to Rome to open a school of rhetoric. There he was influenced by Neoplatonism and became a Christian, like his mother, but before that he had been a follower of Manichaeism. In 388 he returned to Tagaste and came into contact with Bishop Valerius of Hippo (now Annaba in Algeria), who made Augustine his assistant. In 395 he was ordained a bishop and succeeded Valerius when he died in 396. He laid the foundation for a kind of organization among bishops and wrote rules for monastic life (the Augustinian Rule). In 413 he began writing his autobiography, the Confessions, which are his best-known work, along with the work De civitate Dei.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) was a bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and is considered one of the Fathers of the Church. He was born in the town of Tagaste in the Roman province of Numidia, now Algeria. He studied rhetoric in Carthage and then became a teacher, and in 383 he went to Rome to open a school of rhetoric. There he was influenced by Neoplatonism and became a Christian, like his mother, but before that he had been a follower of Manichaeism. In 388 he returned to Tagaste and came into contact with Bishop Valerius of Hippo (now Annaba in Algeria), who made Augustine his assistant. In 395 he was ordained a bishop and succeeded Valerius when he died in 396. He laid the foundation for a kind of organization among bishops and wrote rules for monastic life (the Augustinian Rule). In 413 he began writing his autobiography, the Confessions, which are his best-known work, along with the work De civitate Dei.