{"date":"December 17","id":"12-17","intro":["The mother of St. Augustine prayed unceasingly for her son’s conversion. The most touching, most soul-revealing writing St. Augustine did is in the description of his mother’s death."],"minutes":22,"readings":[{"author":"Saint Augustine","end":160,"start":150,"volume":7,"work":"Confessions of St. Augustine"}],"slug":"december-17","status":"proofread","title":"Dies on the Eve of Her Son’s Conversion","url":"/harvard-classics/december-17/","words":4451}