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Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed

Possidius, writing after the death, describes Augustine's library and a list of works at Hippo. The instrument is that left collection as a public education object. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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Possidius, writing after the death, describes Augustine's library and a list of works at Hippo. The instrument is that left collection as a public education object. NPNF English is a carrier. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: Possidius describes a collection and an indiculus. Copyists after 430 saved what they saved. He did not typeset NPNF. Medium on unique survival coefficients through the sack.

Context

Possidius is the named biographer-bishop. Sharing preservation with unnamed copyists is required. Retractationes is Augustine's own review. The Champaigne canvas is not a catalogue. UNESCO landscapes of Roman Africa are not his act. The setting of Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed is the public file around 0430-01-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Improving path from Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed on 0430-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The siege-death is the neighbouring harm row. Retractationes is the author's own index. Mixed effects of Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Augustine Of Hippo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    Possidius describes a collection and an indiculus. Copyists after 430 saved what they saved. He did not typeset NPNF. Medium on unique survival coefficients through the sack.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhoodNew Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / graceStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Catholic Encyclopedia — Possidius / Augustine's library neighbourhood at https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, corpus and transmission at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Catholic Encyclopedia — Possidius / Augustine's library neighbourhood (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, corpus and transmission (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed under 0430-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed under 0430-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0430-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

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Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAugustine Of Hippo
  2. contributed toFactPossidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Possidius reports that Augustine left a public library of his works at Hippo as the siege closed. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-library-hippo

https://factrail.ai/facts/au-library-hippo

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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