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CHRISTIANITY - St. Augustine Early Life — Part One - CATHERINE-CONYBEARE-SUGUSTINE-THE-AFRICAN

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St. Augustine Early Life — Part One
Professor Catherine Conybeare, author of Augustine the African, explores the early life and intellectual journey of St. Augustine in fourth-century North Africa. Raised in Tagaste, Augustine studied rhetoric in Carthage, embraced Manichaeism, and wrestled with Virgil’s Aeneid. Leaving his unnamed partner, he traveled to Rome and Milan before experiencing a dramatic conversion under Bishop Ambrose. (1)

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