Monica , Mother and Saint: A Historical Biography

by Anne Bernet

With empathic perception and psychological finesse Bernet retraces the destiny of a fervent mother and an audacious woman of the first centuries of the Church. Monica was the mother of Augustine, doctor of the church, whose genius has engaged history for centuries.

She was born into a middle-class family of Thagaste, a modest town in Numidia, North Africa, in 331. Her story would have sunk into the oblivion of anonymity like those of her contemporaries. But for her third child, her son Augustine, Monica's story is still vividly intriguing today.

For Augustine has attributed his spectacular conversion to the prayers, sacrifices and tears of his mother. If, in reading Augustine's work "The Confessions", Monica does not always appear exemplary, the fact remains that having given the Church one of her greatest figures has in turn raised her to holiness.

130 pages, Paperback

Published May 30, 2021

Reviews

[Miguel Ángel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bonito libro sobre Mónica y su relación con su familia, especialmente con San Agustin. Es un esfuerzo digno de valorar el escribir una novela de una persona que hubiera quedado opacada por su hijo de no ser ella la razón de su tamaña figura, y de la que la bibliografía es bastante limitada, por lo que es inevitable que San Agustín aparezca como protagonista secundario.

Un libro que se complementa muy bien con la novela "Corazon inquieto" de la misma editorial, y seguramente también con sus confesiones y demás libros, en los que se basan ambas novelas.

[Saralopez0 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si te lees san Agustín no hace falta que te leas Santa Monica y viceversa