Thagaste
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Thagaste was a Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, now called Souk Ahras. The town was the birthplace of Saint Augustine.
The olive tree that is believed to have been planted by Saint Augustine
Saint Monica
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Monica of Hippo, also written as "Monnica", was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Saint Augustine. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on
Thagaste
…Augustine. Thagaste was originally a small Numidian village, inhabited by a Berber tribe into which Augustine of Hippo was born in AD 354. His mother Saint Monica was a Christian and his father Patricius (with Roman roots) was at first a pagan who later adopted Christianity. The city was located in the north-eastern…
Saint Monica by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1464–65
Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica, by Ary Scheffer (painting from 1846)
Saint Monica's tomb, Basilica di Sant'Agostino, Rome
Saint Monica in a landscape by 19th century artist Alexandre Cabanel