saint augustine

     

Founded in 1565, this Florida city served as one of Spain's North American military headquarters

Trivia about saint augustine

  • A scholarly king, Charlemagne enjoyed having this saint's "City of God" read to him
  • In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
  • As Bishop of Hippo, a Roman city in north Africa, this saint judged civil court cases
  • Roman Catholic saint who wrote "The City of God"
  • "Totus Ubique", or the whole of God everywhere, was a doctrine of this saint & "Confessions" author
  • The first years of the life of this 5th c. philosopher are mostly known from his autobiographical "Confessions"
  • In 391 he was ordained a priest in Hippo in northern Africa; he served as the bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430

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