The life of Saint Augustine
By: written by the Bishop Possidius ; translated and with an introduction by Herbert T. Weiskotten.
Contributors: Weiskotten, Herbert T. b. 1894.
Publisher: Evolution Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Merchantville NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781889758909
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Sancti Augustini vita.
Description: "Few figures from antiquity are as well known to us as Augustine of Hippo. Thanks to his Confessions, we know a great deal about Augustine's life prior to his conversion to Christianity. Yet, without this little biography written by his intimate friend Possidius, bishop of Calama, we would know comparatively little about Augustine s life after his baptism. In straight-forward unadorned prose, Possidius shows Augustine as a powerful intellect, voluminous writer, and compelling orator, willing and able to defend the Church against all comers be they pagans, Donatists, Arians or Manichaeans. But he also presents an Augustine who humbly endured the everyday trials and difficulties of life as a bishop in Roman Africa. He shows a man who ate sparingly, worked tirelessly, despised gossip, shunned the temptations of the flesh, and exercised prudence and frugality in the financial stewardship of his see. Possidius dius also supplies one of the only first-hand descriptions of the great tragedy of Augustine's life--the Vandalic conquest of Roman Africa. He poignantly describes Augustine's final illness as he lay locked inside Hippo Regius with the barbarian host literally at the city gates." --from back cover.
Notes: Originally published: Sancti Augustini vita. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1919. With new pref. and bibliography.

Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.