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St. Alipius

St. Alipius

St. Alipius

Feastday: August 15
Died: 430

Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When Augustine arrived in Rome, Alipius resigned his post and accompanied him to Milan. There he was baptized with Augustine in 387 or 394 by St. Ambrose. The two were ordained in Hippo, North Africa, and Alipius became the bishop of Tagaste, serving in that capacity for thirty years. Alipius' name was placed in the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIII in 1584. The evidence of Alipius' sanctity was clearly stated by Augustine's account of his life.

 

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  1. EzeEbere
    10 months ago

    August 15th is the SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY. THE BLESSED VIRGIN IS THE SAINT OF THE DAY TODAY AND NO OTHER CAN BE JOINED TO HER.

  2. Joseph Mathew
    10 months ago

    St. Alipius, please pray for us.

  3. Andrew Frenkiel
    1 year ago

    Many years ago I bought my wife a cross necklace with garnets mounted on a gold base. On the reverse is an inscription 'glutinati sanguine Christi con amore 1908'

    All I can find is a source relating to St Augustine and his friend Alipius and describing their close friendship. . Does anyone know the significance of the quotation on the reverse of a garnet and gold cross?

  4. J Christian
    4 years ago

    yes, Sophia saith, the word could have been, "mite"...and that is an homonym of "might" Ave, Maria!

  5. J Christian
    4 years ago

    Saint Alipius pray for us all; pray evenly though you have to smile because school children may think the Alps named after you; pray evenly though you are overshadowed by your brilliant friend Saint Augustine of Hippo, who heartily laughs when people think him the Englishman; pray with Saint Tarsicius, patron of pizza delivery persons and first communicants; pray with Saint Limbania, Cypriot hermitess in her good Italian cave; pray with Saints Altfrid, Arduinus & Arnulf & Mary in her regal splendid Heavenly might; pray all day with Saint Neopolus and into good night; pray with the Lamb, with Yahweh and Enoch, Ezekiel, Jacob and Job in delight; pray with Jesus and Joseph, Jethro and Moses and all earthen us in our plight; pray with David and Solomon, James, Jude and John in Heavenward flight; pray for all us, God Bless us, His Angels Protect us, Feed us, Direct us from fright unto those shining fields & sparkling streams of His ever golden green Elysium, Amen Selah Alleluia [I know Mother Mary, but I never said you were a pygmy, even though quite small -- I was not being sarcastic about "might," just help-making prayer rhyme, well maybe I thought it but pygmy's are somewhat shorter, aren't they, and usually darker skin tone than bright shining light casting Thee and they dance whilst for Thee Yahweh made the sun dance at Fatima] I wonder if there are any pygmy saints? Yahweh...

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