FAITH · HISTORICAL MARKER

Saint Monica

Oxon Hill, Maryland
· Mother of Saint Augustine
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Saint Monica was born in 332 in Tagaste, North Africa, and died in 387 in Ostia near Rome. She said, “My reason for wanting to live a little longer was to seeyou a Catholic Christian before I died.” She is the patroness of mothers, wives, widows, parents, difficult children, and victims of abuse, alcoholism, and unfaithfulness.
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