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St. Augustine
Saint Augustine, oil on wood panel by Justus of Ghent, c. 1475; in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
St. Augustine, the renowned Christian theologian and philosopher, served as the bishop of Hippo (located in present-day Annaba, Algeria). He held this office from 395 or 396 CE until his death in 430 CE.123
It is important to distinguish him from St. Augustine of Canterbury, who was a separate historical figure and the first archbishop of Canterbury in England.4