monica
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- age_at_death
- fifty-sixth year
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- Augustine's mother, a devout Christian whose greatest hope was fulfilled by her son's conversion. She dies in Ostia at the age of fifty-six.
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- faithful Christian
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- desiredCatholic Christian
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- Monica expressed her profound desire for Augustine to become a Catholic Christian before her death.
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- One thing there was for which I desired to linger for a while in this life, that I might see thee a Catholic Christian before I died.
- died_fromMonica's Sickness
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- Monica's death was caused by a fever she contracted, which lasted for nine days.
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- is_buried_inOstia
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- Monica's body was carried to burial in Ostia, the city where she died, despite her brother's wish for her to die in her own land.
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- when we were now at Ostia, she with a mother's confidence, when I was absent, one day discoursed with certain of my friends about the contempt of this life, and the blessing of death: and when they were amazed at such courage which Thou hadst given to a woman, and asked, "Whether she were not afraid to leave her body so far from her own city?
- was_wife_ofMonica's Husband
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- Monica was the wife of her deceased husband, with whom she had lived in harmony.
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- by the body of her husband.
- had_prepared_burial_place_withMonica's Husband
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- Monica had previously arranged for her burial place to be beside her husband's, reflecting her desire for their earthly union to continue.
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- how careful and anxious she had ever been as to her place of burial, which she had provided and prepared for herself by the body of her husband.
- is_subject_ofMonica's Funeral
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- The funeral rites and burial ceremony were conducted for Monica after her death.
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- For we thought it not fitting to solemnise that funeral with tearful lament, and groanings; for thereby do they for the most part express grief for the departed, as though unhappy, or altogether dead; whereas she was neither unhappy in her death, nor altogether dead.
- discoursed_withAugustine's Friends
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- Monica, in Augustine's absence, discussed the concept of the blessing of death with Augustine's friends in Ostia.
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- discoursed with certain of my friends about the contempt of this life, and the blessing of death
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:17.507Z
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