Characters (Augustine's Confessions)

Monica

-Augustine's mom

-only named woman

Una

-Augustine's concubine

-sends her away because she is a hindrance to Augustine's marriage+conversion to Christianity

Tacita

-Augustine's child fiance

-breaks off engagement to live life of celibacy + become devoted christian

Faustas

-Manichee teacher

-Augustine's conversation with Faustas turns him away from Macicheeism + unintentionally helps him on journey to God because he was disappointed that Faustas did not have answers to his questions, Manicheeism=all style no substance

Ambrose

-Christian bishop

-shows Augustine that Chiristianity/scripture has no style but has substance

-tells Augustine to look at Scripture/Bible allegorically(metaphorically/symbolically) not literally

-helps Augustine convert/start to convert to Christianity

Illa

-Augustine's mother's childhood servant

-taught her an important lesson that God speaks though people of all levels of status, persons worth/status does not determine spiritual worthiness

Unnamed Friend

-his death fills Augustine with grief

-they are one soul in two bodies

-didn't help him on path to God (friendship+grief+worldly love/uti=Augustine stuck on the bottom of the triangle and not able to ascend to God)

Alypius

-Augustin'e friend that got addicted to the gladiator games

-converted to Christianity alongside Augustine