Augustine, or AUSTIN, d

607. "Apostle of England," sent by Pope Gregory I. to convert the Angle-Saxons 596; first abp. of Canterbury 598. The Church was already there, with its bishops and priests, but the land was largely pagan, and Austin's efforts were efficacious, especially in Kent. Augustine (AURELIUS), ST.. 353-430. Bishop of Hippo, Africa, 396; greatest of the Latin Fathers. In youth a Manichæan and a profligate, he was baptized by St. Ambrose 387, and soon became the master-mind of the Church, exerting an influence still felt. His treatises on Predestination and Perseverance anticipate Calvin's whole system. His Confe ions , ab. 397, is a cla ic. His greatest work is De Civitate Dei , ab. 426.