Augustine of Hippo

Born

November 13, 354

Died

August 28, 430 (aged 75)

Known as

philosopher, theologian, autobiographer, music theorist, preacher, historian

Augustine of Hippo, also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world, and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period.

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