Context
What religious belief was on the rise in the time of St. Augustine's childhood?
Paganism
What language did St. Augustine speak?
Latin
Who was a mentor of St. Augustine and helped him convert to Christianity?
Bishop Ambrose
What approach did St. Augustine take?
Catechetical
What is the name of St. Augustine's book about sin?
Confessions
What region of Africa was St. Augustine raised in? This allowed him to have a Romanized education.
North Africa, in modern-day Algeria
Where did St. Augustine first study?
Numidia
In what year did St. Augustine's dramatic conversion to Christianity begin?
386 AD
Who was one of the bishops that St. Augustine debated with through letters?
Crispinus
What is the name of St. Augustine's book about the fall of the Roman Empire?
City of God
How did St. Augustine's family pay for his education?
They took out loans
What was the great city of Roman Africa where St. Augustine began teaching?
Carthage
In what year was St. Augustine ordained as a priest?
389
What was the religious sect that St. Augustine was trying to convert?
The Donatists
What is St. Augustine's feast day?
August 28
When was St. Augustine born?
Around 354 AD
In 383 AD, St. Augustine left Africa for what city?
Rome
What religion did St. Augustine preach against?
Manichaean
What did St. Augustine hope to gain from his time in the clergy?
A better understanding of The Bible
What was St. Augustine's nickname amongst peers?
The Knowledgeable One
What was the small river valley where St. Augustine was raised called?
Tagaste
What event made St. Augustine pursue Christianity?
The death of his son
On what day was St. Augustine baptized?
April 24, 387
What was St. Augustine's key to true happiness?
What is St. Augustine the patron saint of?
Brewers