Saint Alipius of Tagaste

Also known as

• Alypius

Memorial

• 15 August

Profile

From youth he was a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Studied law in Rome, Italy. Magistrate in Rome. When Augustine went to Rome, Alipius resigned his position and followed. Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Ambrose in Milan on Easter Eve 387 with Augustine. Monk for three years. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands. Priest, ordained in Hippo, North Africa. Bishop of Tagaste, North Africa for 30 years. Fought the Donatist and Pelagian heresies. Augustine wrote of his old friend, clearly describing Alipius’s holiness.

Born

• Tagaste, North Africa

Died

• 430 of natural causes

Canonized

• 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alipius of Tagaste”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alipius-of-tagaste/>