She was a Catholic Berber, married to a Roman Pagan, in North Africa. Devout throughout her life, she struggled with a dissolute difficult husband who none the less held her in respect. Mother to three sons and a daughter, one of the sons was Augustine, who himself lived a life that caused her endless distress.
She followed him to Rome when he left for their, pursing a career in the law. He converted to Christianity there, prior to her death at age 55. After her death, he would take holy orders, and rise to become St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the greatest Fathers of the Church.
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