However, Augustine was disappointed with the apathetic reception. His reputation as an orator and rhetorician preceded him and he was recognized as one of the most learned men of his time. He slipped away from Africa that night and went to Rome, against his mother’s wishes. In the year 384, Augustine told his mother to go to visit the Church of Saint Cyprian the Martyr while he went to visit friends. Disturbed by unruly students in Carthage, Augustine moved to establish a school in Rome. Augustine remained there for the next nine years. The following year he moved to Carthage to conduct a school of rhetoric. His Life in Carthage, Rome, and MilanĪugustine taught grammar at Thagaste during 373 and 374. The woman gave birth to Augustine’s son Adeodatus, which means “Gift from God”. However, Augustine persisted in the relationship for over fifteen years. He was warned by his mother to avoid sex outside marriage. Though his mother wanted him to marry a person of his class, the woman remained his lover. At about the age of 15, Augustine began a relationship with a young woman in Carthage. In spite of the warnings of his mother, as a youth Augustine lived a hedonistic lifestyle for a time, associating with young men who boasted of their sexual exploits. He did however, become a master of Latin. From the beginning, Augustine was a brilliant student, with an eager intellectual curiosity, but he never mastered Greek. Educated at University of CarthageĪt the age of 17, through the generosity of his fellow citizen Romanianus, Augustine went to the University of Carthage to continue his education in rhetoric. There, he became familiar with Latin literature, as well as pagan beliefs and practices.
Augustine had a brother named Navigius and a sister whose name is remembered as Perpetua.Īt the age of 11, Augustine was sent to school at Madaurus (now M’Daourouch), a small Numidian city about 19 miles (31 kilometers) south of Thagaste.
H is father, Patricius, was a pagan Roman official who converted to Christianity on his deathbed. His mother, Saint Monica, was a devout Christian. Aurelius Augustinus was born on November 13, 354 at Tagaste, Numidia, North Africa (Souk-Ahras, Algeria).
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