The Basilica of Saint Augustin is located in Annaba. Built between 1881 and 1900 on a hill overlooking the city and Mediterranean. Became bishop of the church \ 's Hippo, Saint Augustine spent 40 years of his life in the Roman city. On 28 August 430, while the Vandals laid siege to the city, the holy man, then aged 73, joined the \ eternal abode of all peace. Seventy years after his death, his remains were exhumed and transported to Sardinia to Pavia and in the eighth century. October 28, 1848, the right ulna, escorted d \ a procession of prelates, was repatriated to Annaba. A few decades later, the Christian community shows her gratitude by building a basilica atop \ a hill, supposed site of his former "Basilica Pacis". L \ error persisted until \ 'that digs update the remains of this old church ... at the foot of the hill. At this point, a white marble mausoleum topped \ a statue of the holy man leaves TODAY \ 's belief in his tomb.