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Confessions Characters

By the time you finish the Confessions, you imagine that you know Augustine pretty intimately....

Adeodatus is Augustine's son by his long-term mistress. He's very smart (for a sixteen year-old,...

Alypius is one of Augustine's BFFs from Carthage. He also goes with him to Italy. Alypius's main...

Ambrose is the much-loved bishop of Milan, and one of Augustine's major mentors in his eventual...

Faustus is a hyped-up Manichaean speaker whose logic fails to impress Augustine.

Firminus is a friend of Augustine's who is really into astrology… kind of like your aunt...

Monica's job in the Confessions is mostly to cry and beseech God for Augustine's soul. But hey,...

Augustine's other bestie who is also obsessed with the search for truth. He converts not long...

Patricius is Augustine's father. He's irreligious, unfaithful to his wife, and he has a hot...

A devout bishop in Milan and the spiritual mentor of Ambrose. He tells Augustine the story of...

Augustine stays with Vercundus out in the country after he converts. Vercundus is married, so he...

Victorinus is a friend of Simplicianus who translated the Platonists from Greek to Latin. He...

A doctor friend of Augustine's who advises him against believing in astrology.

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