Adeodatus (Augustine)

Adeodatus ( Latin "given by God"; * summer 372; † after 388) was a son of Augustine of Hippo and his partner, who was not known by name.

Essentially only the few facts known from the Confessions have come down to us about the life of Adeodatus . Augustine separated from his partner in Italy on the occasion of his conversion to Christianity after a 15-year relationship and prompted her to return to Africa . Adeodatus stayed with his father and was baptized by Ambrosius of Milan at Easter 387 . He probably died soon after his father's return to his hometown Thagaste at the end of 388 , so probably around the year 389/90, but an exact date is not possible. "

In his work De magistro ( About the Teacher / The Teacher ), which was written in 388 or shortly thereafter, Augustine deals with linguistic-philosophical topics in a fictional dialogue with his son, who died shortly before.

Web links

Adeodatus . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.

Individual evidence

↑ Latin form of Theodor , Θεόδωρος
↑ See for example Augustine, Confessiones 9,6; 9.12.
↑ Confessiones 6.15.
↑ In the sixth chapter of the ninth book of his “ Confessions ” Augustine wrote: “When the time came when I had to submit my baptismal petition, we left the estate and returned to Milan. […] We also took the boy Adeodatus with us, the son whom I had begotten in sin. But you made it well. He was fifteen years old and in spirit surpassed many older and learned men.
↑ Augustin / Augustinism I . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE). Volume 4, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1979, ISBN 3-11-007714-0 , p. 651.
↑ In the sixth chapter of the ninth book of his Confessions , Augustine writes: “In one of my books, entitled 'The Teacher', I let the Adeodatus speak to me. You know that all the thoughts I let him speak were really his, even though he was only sixteen. "

personal data
SURNAME	Adeodatus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of Augustine of Hippo
DATE OF BIRTH	372
DATE OF DEATH	after 388

[1] Latin form of Theodor , Θεόδωρος

[2] See for example Augustine, Confessiones 9,6; 9.12.

[3] Confessiones 6.15.

[4] In the sixth chapter of the ninth book of his “ Confessions ” Augustine wrote: “When the time came when I had to submit my baptismal petition, we left the estate and returned to Milan. […] We also took the boy Adeodatus with us, the son whom I had begotten in sin. But you made it well. He was fifteen years old and in spirit surpassed many older and learned men.

[5] Augustin / Augustinism I . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE). Volume 4, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1979, ISBN 3-11-007714-0 , p. 651.

[6] In the sixth chapter of the ninth book of his Confessions , Augustine writes: “In one of my books, entitled 'The Teacher', I let the Adeodatus speak to me. You know that all the thoughts I let him speak were really his, even though he was only sixteen. "