Confessionum Libri Tredecim by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430)

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St

Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398

Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of St

Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles

Its original title was "Confessions in Thirteen Books", and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit

(Summary by Wikipedia)