![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He claimed that Christianity was an imposed faith and was not founded on reason. This lifestyle made him renounce his mother’s religion. He was not really an exemplary father, he lived among the excesses, he had an inordinate fondness for theater and other public spectacles, he was also blamed for some robberies. In his youth, he certainly did not follow the moral precepts instilled by his mother and until he was 32 years old, he led a licentious life, clinging to the Manichean heresy.Īt eighteen, Agustín met his first concubine, with whom he had a son whom they named Adeodato. For this reason, he took charge of his studies, although he was slow to apply them After completing the grammar classes in his native land, he studied the liberal arts in Metauro and then rhetoric in Carthage. ![]() Agustín had an irascible personality, a superb and unruly attitude, although exceptionally intelligent. She educated her son in her religion, although, she did not baptize him. His mother Monica, on the other hand, was sweet and self-sacrificing, living her life under the Christian religion. His father named Patricio was a pagan, violent, drinker and infamous official at the service of the Empire. He was born in Tagaste, currently Algeria. Aurelio Agustín de Hipona (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) theologian. ![]()
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