On This Day in Ancient History - St. Augustine Was Born

On this day in A.D. 354, Augustine was born in North Africa. Augustine was an important figure in the history of Christianity.

He wrote about topics like predestination and original sin. Some of his doctrines separate Western and Eastern Christianity, with St. Augustine defining certain doctrines of Western Christianity.

He lived and died in Africa during the time of the attack of the Vandals, A.D. 430.

Read more about Augustine:

• Profile of St. Augustine
• Alaric and Vandals
• Decay, Christianity, and Vandals and the Fall of Rome
• Paintings of Augustine - Artists' Visions of the Saint