St. Augustine

Question 1

November 13, 354 AD

Answer 1

Date when St. Augustine was born

Question 2

Place where St. Augustine was born

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Numidia, Tagaste

Souk-Ahras, Nigeria

Question 3

Augustine’s pagan father

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Patricius

Question 4

Augustine’s mother who devoted her life in converting her husband and son

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Monica

Question 5

His intelligent brother who died at a young age

Answer 5

Navigius

Question 6

Augustine’s son that means “God-given”

A bright boy who died when he was a teenager

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Adeodatus

Question 7

A rich man in Tagaste who paid for the studies of Augustine at Carthage

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Romanianus

Question 8

His close friend and Augustine refers as “Brother of my Heart”

Answer 8

Alypius

Question 9

• The bishop of Milan who was the decisive factor for the conversion of Augustine
• Persuaded Augustine to intently listen to his preaching

Answer 9

Ambrose

Question 10

A great scholar and a person that Augustine consulted several times about biblical matters

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Jerome

Question 11

Hometown of Augustine
Primary School of Education
His first teaching experience

Answer 11

Tagaste

Question 12

Secondary Education

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Madaura

Question 13

Resting place of Augustine after the death of his mother

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Rome

Question 14

Place of Augustine’s conversion

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Milan

Question 15

Villa in he countryside of Milan where he founded the first community

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Cassiciacum

Question 16

Ordination as a priest

Consecration as a bishop

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Hippo, North Africa

Question 17

All concerning words and language

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Trivium

Question 18

All concerning numbers

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Quadrivium

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Under trivium

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1) Grammar
2) Dialects
3) Rhetoric

Question 20

Under Quadrivium

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1) Arithmetic
2) Music
3) Geometry
4) Astronomy

Question 21

His famous autobiography which he wrote from 397-401

-a story of his search for himself and for God

Answer 21

Confessions

Question 22

Two essential aspects of Augustinian spirituality

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One’s self and God

Question 23

A book by Marcus Tullius CICERO which enticed Augustine to love wisdom

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Hortensius

Question 24

The first book Augustine wrote while teaching at Carthage when he was about 26 or 27 years old

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Beauty and Proportion

De Pulchro et Apto

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Mayor of Rome who gave him a test to ascertain his abilities and approved of Augustine’s qualifications and sent him To Milan

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Symmachus

Question 26

He managed to tutor these students while he was at Cassiciacum for about 6 months

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Lastidianus, Rusticus, Trigentius and Licentius (Romanianus’ son)

Question 27

Many of his books were written in this form

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Dialogues

Question 28

Augustine taught for 13 years

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True

Question 29

Easter Vigil

Baptism of Augustine with Adeodatus followed by Confirmation then Eucharist

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April 24-25, 387 in Milan

Question 30

Ordained Augustine

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Valerius

Question 31

Books

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113 books
207 letters
500 sermons

Question 32

First book

Wrote this when he was 26 y/o

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De Pulchro et Apto (Beauty and Proportion)

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Famous works:

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1) Confessions
2) The City of God
3) the Trinity

Question 34

The verse he read when he first opened the bible

Answer 34

Romans 13:13-14