Saint Alipius
- 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 came to Rome, Alipius resigned his position and following Augustine to Milan.
Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Ambrose in Milan with Augustine.
Priest, ordained in Hippo, North Africa.
Bishop of Tagaste, North Africa for 30 years.
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
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