Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

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  • Date of Birth and Death
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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Apostle of England

Saint Augustine

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Augustine: May 26
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Apostle of England
  • Date of Death: Saint Augustine died 430
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Augustine
The story and history of Saint Augustine. Augustine was prior of the monastery of St. Andrew on the Coelian, and was appointed by St. Gregory the great chief of the missionaries whom he sent to England. St. Augustine and his companions, having heard on their journey many reports of the barbarism and ferocity of the pagan English, were afraid, and wished to turn back. But St. Gregory replied, "Go on, in God's name! The greater your hardships, the greater your crown. May the grace of Almighty God protect you, and give me to see the fruit of your labor in the heavenly country! If I cannot share your toil, I shall yet share the harvest, for God knows that it is not good-will which is wanting." The band of missionaries went on in obedience.

Landing at Ebbsfleet, between Sandwich and Ramsgate, they met King Ethelbert and his thanes under a great oak-tree at Minster, and announced to him the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Instant and complete success attended their preaching. On Whit-Sunday, 596, King Ethelbert was baptized, and his example was followed by the greater number of his nobles and people. By degrees the Faith spread far and wide, and Augustine, as Papal Legate, set out on a visitation of Britain. He failed in his attempt to enlist the Britons of the west in the work of his apostolate through their obstinate jealousy and pride; but his success was triumphant from south to north. St. Augustine died after eight years of evangelical labors. The Anglo-Saxon Church, which he founded, is still famous for its learning, zeal, and devotion to the Holy See, while its calendar commemorates no less than 300 Saints, half of whom were of royal birth.

Feast Day of Saint Augustine
The Feast Day of Saint Augustine is May 26. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Augustine

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Augustine
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Augustine
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Augustine - May 26
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 430
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Augustine
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Apostle of England
 
 

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Saint Augustine