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Augustine, also called saint augustine of hippo, original latin name aurelius augustinus, born november, 354, tagaste, numidia now souk ahras, algeriadied august 28, 430, hippo regius now annaba, algeria. Confessiones is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of books, by saint augustine of hippo, written in latin between ad 397 and 400. Howsoever, when he suffers in his own person, it is the custom to style it misery but when he compassionates others, then it is styled mercy. In the years between, he devoted himself to more about augustine of hippo. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 341 pages and is available in paperback format. Besides his pastoral work augustine was a powerful adversary of all. Download augustine of hippo ebook free in pdf and epub format. The work outlines saint augustines sinful youth and his conversion to christianity. Google stoa confessions t his document is an online reprint of augustine.
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