St.

Augustine of Hippo
By: Ryan Augustine
  Born in Thagaste (Northern Africa)
 Son of St. Monica
 Only child in his family to obtain a
first class education

Early life
  At the age of 28 he left his home
town and went to Milan
 In Milan Augustine became a
teacher of rhetoric
 He resigned from his teaching job
Mid life only two years later
  After Milan Augustine returned
home and started A life of constant
partying
 Even his mother could not get him
to turn his life around
The Party
never
Stops
  One day he felt an urge to read the book
of St. Paul
 He does this and is filled with immense
guilt for his actions
 This is the beginning of Augustine’s
conversion

Augustine’s
Conversion
  St. Augustine was then baptized by St.
Ambrose
 He then started living righteously and
wrote over hundreds of books for the
Catholic Church
 He also became the bishop of Hippo
Augustine’s
Holy Life
  St. Augustine died on 430 while
being imprisoned by invaders or
Pax Romania
 He died of natural causes, he was
not a martyr
St.
Augustine’s
Death
  376- The Huns, a
nomadic group,
defeat the Ostrogoth
Empire, powerful
two evens group that ruled
Asia for 200 years
during St.
Augustine’s
 407- The Romans
lifetime are forced to pull
their troops out of
Britain