Īugustine had become a Manichaean at Carthage. He was 17 and studying rhetoric in Carthage when Patricius died. He was finally sent to school at Madauros. In her distress she asked Patricius to allow Augustine to be baptized he agreed, then withdrew this consent when the boy recovered.īut Monica's relief at Augustine's recovery turned to anxiety as he misspent his renewed life being wayward and, as he himself says, lazy. Unable to secure baptism for them, she grieved heavily when Augustine fell ill. Monica had three children who survived infancy: two sons, Augustine and Navigius, and a daughter, 'Perpetua' of Hippo. Monica's almsgiving, deeds and prayer habits annoyed Patricius, but it is said that he always held her in respect.

Patricius had a violent temper and appears to have been of dissolute habits apparently his mother was the same way. She was married early in life to Patricius, a Roman pagan, who held an official position in Thagaste. She is believed to have been a Berber on the basis of her name. Monica is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria). Popular Christian legends recall Monica weeping every night for her son 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. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo. Monica Parish Church, Panay, Capiz Barangay Julugan, Tanza, Cavite

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