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12 paź 2016 · We know Augustine was born in Thagaste, Numidia, a trading town surrounded by forest in North Africa. So he was African. While his father was a Roman colonist, it is believed that his mother Monica was Berber, an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. So he may have had darker skin.
28 kwi 2023 · Consequently, emphasizing that St. Augustine was North African allows him, especially in the United States, to be racially coded as white. At the very least, it allows for deemphasizing his Amazigh origins—the endonymic term for the people of North Africa.
7 sie 2017 · This has led some to see Saint Monica as a black saint. It has led others to discuss just what Augustine may have looked like. But one thing is for sure: this would have been a discussion...
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that Saint Augustine was from Thagaste in Africa and that Saint Augustine was, by today's racially-charged language, Black. Saint Augustine confesses in many of his homilies that he was a sexually-charged youth espousing socially deleterious political philosophies before his conversion; what mattered was not ...
22 paź 2019 · Saint Augustine was born in Hippo, a Roman city in modern Algeria in AD 354. We do not know his skin colour or ethnicity. Augustine’s mother was Monica.
Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
30 sie 2023 · Why it Matters that St Augustine was Likely Black. Picture by Villanova University/John Shetron. St Augustine of Hippo was a Bishop in the 6th century and a Church Father. Many consider him one of the most influential figures in Christianity, who lay the groundwork for much of our theology today.
