“Whoever thinks he understands divine scripture or any part of it, but whose interpretation does not build up the twofold love of God and neighbor, has not really understood it.”
In fourth-century North Africa, peasant girl Leona falls in love with a Roman aristocrat – the future Saint Augustine. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of Rome’s fall and Christianity’s rise. Drawn from Augustine’s autobiography, The Saint’s Mistress breathes life into the previously untold story of his beloved mistress.