![]() Although Patricius was only lukewarm about Christianity, he allowed Monica to raise the couple's children as Christians, and he finally converted to Christianity before his death. ![]() Augustine's mother, Monica (sometimes spelled Monnica), had been raised as a Christian. Patricius was a pagan, an adherent of the Roman civic religion. Augustine had at least one brother, Navigius, and at least one sister, but little information is available about his siblings. This responsibility probably kept a constant strain on the family's finances and may account for Augustine's assertions that his family was poor. ![]() The position was far from glamorous, however, because a decurio was required to act as a patron for his community and to make up any shortfalls in taxes collected from the region. Augustine's father, Patricius (or Patrick), was a decurio, a minor official of the Roman empire. North Africa was part of the Roman Empire, though it was considered something of a backwater, far from the centers of imperial power. ![]() Saint Augustine of Hippo was born on November 13, 354, in the town of Thagaste, on the northern coast of Africa, in what is now Algeria. ![]()
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