Location:
Algeria
Coordinates:
36.9000, 7.7667
Events at Hippo Regius (6)
388
ID: 5066
Augustine begins anti-Manichaean writings - produces multiple works refuting dualism, defends goodness of creation
ID: 5066
395
ID: 3826
St. Augustine becomes Bishop of Hippo - reluctantly ordained, serves 35 years, writes against heresies
ID: 3826
397
ID: 3827
St. Augustine writes Confessions - first spiritual autobiography, 'Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee'
ID: 3827
413
ID: 3831
St. Augustine begins City of God - response to fall of Rome, Christian philosophy of history, takes 13 years
ID: 3831
423
ID: 3791
St. Augustine writes monastic rule - emphasizes charity and common life, influences later Western monasticism
ID: 3791
430
ID: 3832
St. Augustine dies during Vandal siege of Hippo - most influential Western theologian, wrote 5 million words
ID: 3832