Augustine of Hippo, also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world, and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. November 14, 354 – August 29, 430; died at 75. Alive at the same time as Hypatia, Alaric I, Ausonius, Jerome, and John Chrysostom. Wiki link