” “"Benedict XVI’s visit to the Tomb of Saint Augustine in the Sunday closest to April 24th, a crucial date in the history of Augustine, because on that Easter night in 387 AD he was baptised in Milan by Saint Ambrose, is one further sign of the Pope’s love for the great Bishops of Hippo": it was said today in the Vatican by f. Giustino Casciano, prior of the Convent of San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro in Pavia, where the Pope will go, during his visit to the dioceses of Vigevano and Pavia on April 21st and 22nd. Then, the prior spoke of Augustine’s presence in Pavia and finally he added that "Benedict XVI, by being in the Basilica which is home to the Grave of Saint Augustine, gives great support to the so-called ‘Pavia project’, that the Italian Austin friars and the whole Order have been pursuing for a long time and that aims at three things: making Pavia a sanctuary of Saint Augustine, a place of inner life, of beauty, of the quest for God with the mind and the heart. Making Pavia a landmark for the young, which are widely fascinated by Saint Augustine. Keeping making Pavia, in the name of Saint Augustine, a place of study and research, a beacon for a new Christian humanism".” “
