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The Confessions covers Augustine’s life from infancy to roughly what age, in years, at the point where the narrative books end with his mother’s death?
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- He was born in 354 and Monica died in 387.
- 387 minus 354.
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33 (answers within ±2 count)
Why
About 33. Augustine was born in 354 and Monica died at Ostia in 387, shortly after his baptism. He wrote the Confessions about a decade later, which is part of why the narrative is so shaped, it is recollection organised by a conclusion already reached.
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