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She was born at Tagaste in the department of Constantine. Her parents brought her up as Christian and married her to an older, pagan man named Patricius. He was a man with a great deal of energy, but also a man given to violent tempers and adultery. Augustine reports that Patricius beat Monica. Furthermore, her mother-in-law was against her and put her into great troubles. Pagan may refer to: A believer in Paganism or Neopaganism. ... Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ... Domestic violence, by barest definition, is violence within a home. ...

However, Monica attended church daily and found patience. She would say to other women who had bad marriages, "If you can master your tongue, not only do you run less risk of being beaten, but perhaps you may even, one day, make your husband better." She won the favor of her mother-in-law in a short time. Eventually, she converted Patricius to Christianity and calmed his violence. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ...

She had three children. Augustine made her very happy with his successes as a scholar and teacher, but he also made her very ashamed with his debauchery. For ten years, Augustine lived with his mistress and subscribed to Manicheism. Monica sent Augustine to a bishop to be convinced of his errors. The bishop, however, was unable to prevail, and he advised Monica simply to continue to pray for her son. He told her, "It is impossible that the son of so many tears should perish." At the age of 28, Augustine received grace, according to his Confessions, and came to orthodox Christianity. Mistress is the feminine form of the word master. ... Manichaeism was one of the major ancient religions. ... Grace may stand for: // Meaning a quality of aesthetics, usually applied to human motion. ... Confessions is the name of a series of thirteen autobiographical books by St. ...

When Patricius died, Monica joined Augustine in Italy. When she was fifty-six, she died while in Ostia with Augustine preparing to leave for a return to Africa. This was not long after her son's baptism by St. Ambrose. The Temple of the goddess Roma on the Forum of Ostia Ostia, an ancient town on the coast facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Latium, Italy, was the harbour of ancient Rome and perhaps its first colonia. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ... Saint Ambrose, Latin Sanctus Ambrosius, Italian SantAmbrogio (circa 340–April 4, 397), bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent fathers of the Christian church in the 4th century. ...

St. Monica's feast day in the Roman Catholic Church was May 4, but currently 27 August. She is the patron saint of wives and mothers, and of abuse victims. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... The Roman Catholic Church, also called the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian body in the world. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...

A traditional prayer to St. Monica:

Exemplary Mother of the great Augustine, you perseveringly pursued your wayward son not with wild threats but with prayerful cries to heaven. Intercede for all mothers in our day so that they may learn to draw their children to God. Teach them how to remain close to their children, even the prodigal sons and daughters who have sadly gone astray. Amen. Prayer is an effort to communicate with God, or to some deity or deities, or another form of spiritual entity, or otherwise, either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express ones thoughts and emotions. ...

Saint Monica is the namesake of a city in western Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, California, which was first visited by missionaries on the saint's feast day. Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ...

References

• Englebert, Omer. The Lives of the Saints. Christopher and Anne Fremantle, trans. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1994. Nihil obstat and Imprimatur 1951.