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Saint of Hippo Augustine
354–430
A restless seeker who became one of Christianity’s most influential thinkers, his life story still feels surprisingly human. Best known for Confessions and The City of God, he wrote with unusual honesty about ambition, doubt, memory, and faith.
9 Audiobooks
The Confessions of St. Augustine
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
The City of God, Volume I
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
The City of God, Volume II
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
King Alfred's Old English Version of St. Augustine's Soliloquies Turned into Modern English
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
Les confessions de saint Augustin, évêque d'Hippone: précédées de sa vie par S. Possidius, évêque de Calame... ; traduction nouvelle par L. Moreau
by Saint of Hippo Augustine, active 370-437 Saint Possidius
Kirkkoisä Augustinuksen Tunnustukset
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
Confessiones
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
Confessions of St. Augustine
by Saint of Hippo Augustine
About the author
Born on November 13, 354, in Thagaste in Roman North Africa, Augustine was trained in rhetoric and spent years searching for truth through different schools of thought before embracing Christianity. He was baptized by Ambrose in Milan and later returned to North Africa, where he became bishop of Hippo, serving from 396 until his death on August 28, 430.
Augustine’s writings shaped both Christian theology and Western philosophy for centuries. Confessions is famous for its inward, deeply personal voice, while The City of God offered a sweeping response to the turmoil of the late Roman world. His work on memory, time, desire, grace, and the human will continues to draw readers far beyond strictly religious audiences.
What makes Augustine especially compelling is the way he turns big ideas into lived experience. He writes not as a distant saint, but as someone who knew intellectual pride, emotional conflict, and the long work of changing his life.