Monika

Monika (Tagaste, Numidia, leo Algeria 332 - Ostia, kitongoji cha Roma, Italia, 387) alikuwa mwanamke wa kabila la Kiafrika la Waberberi ambaye aliolewa mapema na Patricius, afisa wa Dola la Roma, akamzalia watoto, mmojawao Agostino wa Hippohttps://dacb.org/stories/algeria/monica/. 

Kwa ajili ya uongofu wake alisali sana na kutoa machozi mengi mbele ya Mungu hadi akasikilizwa. Ndipo alipopotewa na hamu ya kuishi akatamani tu kwenda mbinguni akafariki dunia kabla hajarudi Afrika https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/24200. 

Ni maarufu hasa kutokana na sifa alizomwagiwa mwanae huyo katika kitabu cha Maungamo (Confessiones). 

Anaheshimiwa na madhehebu mbalimbali ya Ukristo kama mtakatifu, hasa tarehe 27 AgostiMartyrologium Romanum au 4 Mei.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

 Marejeo ya Kiswahili 
 Masomo ya Breviari - Sikukuu za Bwana, za Bikira Maria na za Watakatifu - Ndanda Mission Press 1978, uk 311-313
 M. CULLEN, O.S.A., Maungamo ya Mtakatifu Augustino kwa Muhtasari – tafsiri ya E. Msigala, O.S.A. - ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Ndanda – ISBN 9976-63-643-1
 M. CULLEN, O.S.A., Mtakatifu Monika: Mlinzi wa Akina Mama Wakristu – tafsiri ya E. Msigala, O.S.A. - ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Ndanda 2002 – ISBN 9976-63-641-5
 M. CULLEN, O.S.A., Watakatifu Monika na Augustino - ed. Shirika la Mt. Augustino Tanzania, 2013
 John Kabeya na wengine - Maisha ya Watakatifu – ed. T.M.P. Book Department – Tabora 1965, 1989, uk. 297-298
 Pd. Leandry Kimario, O.F.M.Cap. - Mfahamu Mtakatifu Somo Wako - Maisha ya Watakatifu wa Kila Siku pamoja na Watakatifu Wafransisko - Toleo la pili - Dar es Salaam 2021, uk. 255-256
 Maurice Soseleje, Kalendari yetu – Maisha ya Watakatifu – Toleo la pili – ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Peramiho 1986 – ISBN 9976-63-112-X, uk. 40

 Marejeo ya lugha nyingine
 Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. New edition with an epilogue, Berkeley, University of California Press, c2000
  Everett Ferguson, Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Taylor & Francis, 1998, p. 776
 John J. O'Meara, The Young Augustine:the growth of St. Augustine's mind up to his conversion, London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1954

Viungo vya nje

The Life of St. Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo 
St. Monica 


Category:Waliozaliwa 331
Category:Waliofariki 387
Category:Watakatifu wa Algeria
Jamii:Waberberi