Augustine of hippo

'Confessions' is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. The work outlines St. Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1,000 years, through the Middle Ages. It is generally considered one of Augustine's most important texts.

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo: Confessions - Reflections of a Saint

Confessions

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I lived in misery, like every man whose soul is tethered by the love of things that cannot last and then is agonized to lose them.

“Our conversation” = conversation with his mother, near to the day of her death, though no sickness is mentioned in the context of their conversation.

They were specifically talking about saints in heaven, not the saints on earth

Our conversation led us to the conclusion that no bodily pleasure, however great it might be and whatever earthly light might shed lustre upon it, was worthy of comparison, or even of mention, beside the happiness of the life of the saints.

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