A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 66
. The father of St. Augustine was a heathen; his mother Monica, was a Christian. He was ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 4y bom in Titgaste, Numidia. In his youth, he wi\s so devoted to pleas-ure, that Ills motlier feared the destruction of his oliaracter, and inher sorrow, sought advice of the Bishop of… … (MoriUo) there converted by the preaching of St. Ambrose, who baptizedhim in the presence of his mother. The Te Deum which is nowused was composed for this occasion. St. Augustine and St. Am-brose recited it as they approached tho altar. He was Bishop oiHippo, and after thirty-five years Hippo was…
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