Augustine was born in the year 354 AD in the municipium of thagaste in the roman province of Numidia, his mother Monica was a devout Christian; his father Patricius was a pagan who converted to Christianity on his death bed. Scholars generally agree that Augustine were Berbers, an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. Ambrose baptized Augustine and his son Adeodatus. Alypius was a life long friend of saint Augustine.
