Abstract
Very little is known of Possidius, the pious biographer of Augustine, aside from his relations with the saintly bishop. The first mention we have of him is in connection with the little monastery at Hippo, established by Augustine shortly after he assumed the duties of presbyter in 391. Treating of the establishment of this monastery, Dr. Vernon Bourke’s statement is pertinent here for expressing no more and no less than what is positively known of Possidius as Augustine’s fellow-religious in the monastic community at Hippo: |"He [Augustine] gathered together some of his associates from the convent at Tagaste and some new members. Alypius, Evodius, Possidius, Severus, Profuturus, Urbanus, Leporius, Fortunatus, and Novatus—these are the names of some of Augustine’s early disciples. "