Bona mors czy bona mortis? Opis śmierci św. Moniki w Wyznaniach św. Augustyna a dobra płynące ze śmierci w De bono mortis św. Ambrożego
Bona mors or bona mortis? Description of the death of St Monica in St Augustine's "Confessions" compared to the good results of death in "De bono mortis" by St Ambrose

Summary/Abstract: St Monica, the mother of St Augustine, was also a listener to St Ambrose's homilies. The Bishop of Milan also had a significant influence on her son's thought. Both St Augustine and Ambrose spoke on the subject of death, but used different literary forms - Augustine's Confessions are autobiographical, Ambrose is the author of the moral-theological booklet De bono mortis. The aim of this article is to answer the question to what extent the description of St Monica's death in the Confessions by St Augustine is a literary realisation of the philosophical and theological postulates related to bona mors (good death) formulated by St Ambrose in De bono mortis. The article consists of four parts. The first outlines the approach to the theme of death in Christian antiquity; the second discusses the basic elements of St Ambrose's concept as presented in De bono mortis; the third part juxtaposes the above concept with excerpts from St Augustine's Confessions; and the fourth part concludes and attempts to answer the research question posed.

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