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Saint Monica

Also known as Monnica

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  • born. 332high · Wikidata P569
  • died. 387high · Wikidata P570

Mother of Augustine, portrayed in the Confessions; died at Ostia in 387.

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Monica of Hippo, also written as "Monnica", was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Saint Augustine. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts and life with her in his Confessions. Popular Christian legends recall Monica weeping every night for her son Augustine.

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women · north-africa · 4th-century

Saint Monica · DeChurched Atlas