He grew to become one the most significant and influential thinkers in the history of the Catholic Church ... 430, as Hippo was under siege by the Vandals, Augustine died, at the age of 76.

St. Augustine of Hippo, "Holy Virginity," c. 401 A.D. "That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior ...

Appearing for a few minutes in St. Peter’s Basilica before the Easter Vigil April 19, the convalescing pope recalled, in his ...