A. Make a timeline that shows the important events in the life of Saint Augustine from birth until his death.
Important Events in St. Augustine’s Life
354 Born in Thagaste on 23th November
365 Attends school in Madaura
371 Starts studying rhetoric Carthage
371-373 His father dies and is blessed with as a son named Adeodatus
375 Returns to Thagaste where he begins teaching rhetoric
376 Goes to Carthage and begins teaching rhetoric
376 A non-baptized friend dies.
383 Visits Rome with son and concubine
384 Becomes a rhetoric professor in Milan
386 Converts and retreats to Cassiciacum
387 Returns to Milan where he is baptized by Ambrose; He and Monica have a vision at Ostia where she later dies.
388 Goes to Rome
390 Goes back to Carthage and then Thagaste; His son dies
391 A priest at Hippo ordains him.
392 Requests Jerome through writing to give him Latin translations of the Bible commentaries; Debates with Fortunates in Hippo
396 Becomes a Bishop of Hippo
400 Writes confessions
403-412 The Donatist controversy
410 Spends winter outside Hippo at a villa for health reasons
412-421 Pelagian controversy
413-426 Writes The Enchiridion, On the Trinity, and The City of God
427 Writes his Retractions
430 Dies on Aug 28 at Hippo
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