Gerard J. P. O'Daly

Augustine of Hippo ( aw-GUST-in, US also AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Roman Africa. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius from Thagaste in Numidia Cirtensis, (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria). Alongside the likes of Plato and Aristotle, Augustine is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers in the history of the Western world , and he is viewed as one of the most important Churc…