Hedge Hawkweed. _Hieracium umbellatum._
Dedicated to _St. Cæsarius_.
~August 28.~
_St. Augustine_, Bp. and Doctor of the Church, A. D. 430. _St.
Hermes_, about A. D. 132. _St. Julian_, Martyr.
_St. Augustine._
His name is in the church of England calendar. He was born at Tagasta,
in Numidia, in 354. Lardner awards to him the character of an
illustrious man, and says, that “a sublime genius, an uninterrupted and
zealous pursuit of truth, an indefatigable application, and invincible
patience, a sincere piety, and a subtle and lively wit, conspired to
establish his fame upon the most lasting foundation:” yet he adds, that
“the accuracy and solidity of his judgment were not proportionable to
his eminent talents; and that upon many occasions he was more guided by
the violent impulse of a warm imagination than by the cool dictates of
reason and prudence.” He pronounced that all infants dying before
baptism were deprived of the sight of God; wherein he is followed, says
Daille, by Gregorius Arminiensis, a famous theological doctor, who from
thence was called _Tormentum Infantium_.
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