The Confessions of Saint Augustine Author:Saint Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey (Translator) The Confessions of Saint Augustine, regarded as the first autobiography written, is the account of the first forty-one years of the life of Saint Augustine, who lived in the fourth century and indulged in all that life had to offer until his conversion to Christianity. Saint Augustine writes of his early days as a lazy, mischievous teenager who ... more »scorns the Christianity of his mother, Monica; life with his mistress and illegitimate son; and then details his inner searching, two ecstatic visions, and finally his acceptance of Christianity. Almost two thousand years after it was first written, The Confessions of Saint Augustine is still an intimate and self-searching work.« less