Saint Augustine was a North African bishop, philosopher, and theologian whose thought shaped the course of Christian and Western philosophy. Born in Tagaste and educated in Carthage and Rome, he journeyed through ambition, sensuality, and skepticism before his conversion to Christianity under the influence of Saint Ambrose and the reading of Saint Paul. As Bishop of Hippo, he became the Church's greatest teacher of grace and divine love. His works unite classical reason and Christian revelation, revealing a mind ever seeking rest in God.