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St. Monica

Feast 27 August

Mother of Augustine. The widow who prayed a son into the Church.

St. Monica

Sacred art

Statues and images

The portrait kept with St. Monica is the image this library has of Monica. The honour goes to the person, and through the person to God. It is not a machine, and it is not a substitute for the life written below.

The whole treasury

Died at Ostia in 387, having seen the conversion. Patroness of mothers and of difficult children. Tears as a form of theology.

Pray with Monica

The prayers