Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office
In 391 the church at Hippo ordained Augustine priest. Later lives say he was seized for the office. In the causal graph this event strengthens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — an improving welfare path.
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In 391 the church at Hippo ordained Augustine priest. Later lives say he was seized for the office. The instrument is that pastoral ordination, which put preaching and care of a mixed port congregation on him before the bishopric. It is not a modern hospital charter. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: Valerius and the congregation pressed ordination as Possidius and Confessions-neighbour files tell it. Preaching and care of the sick-poor follow. Medium on unique clinic coefficients.
Context
Valerius is the named bishop who wanted a preacher. Sharing the congregation with unnamed sick and poor is required. The 395 bishop-office is the coercive-era chair stored as cost. Alms sermons are the speech-neighbour. Cassiciacum is the philosophical neighbour. The setting of Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office is the public file around 0391-01-01. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Improving path from Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office on 0391-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Augustine Of Hippo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.28 · verified
Valerius and the congregation pressed ordination as Possidius and Confessions-neighbour files tell it. Preaching and care of the sick-poor follow. Medium on unique clinic coefficients.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactAugustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office
- strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 391 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.6)
Observed
3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)
Observed
37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhoodNew Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Catholic Encyclopedia — St. Augustine, ordination at Hippo at https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, priesthood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Catholic Encyclopedia — St. Augustine, ordination at Hippo (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, priesthood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office under 0391-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office under 0391-01-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Priest then bishop. Sick-care sermons sit nearby. Mixed effects of Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0391-01-01 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.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAugustine Of Hippo
- contributed toFactAugustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office
- strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)
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Factrail. (2026). Augustine is ordained priest at Hippo in 391, against his preference as later told, as a pastoral office. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-ordination-391
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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