Albina (died c. AD 431) was a late Roman religious patron, correspondent of St Augustine and was the mother of Melania the Younger.
[1] Albina was born in Nola, possibly during the AD 360s based on the known date of birth of her daughter Melania in 383.
[7] In his first letter to Albina, her daughter and son-in-law, Augustine regrets that he cannot travel to see them and misses their "vehement light".
[11] Historian Peter Brown suggested that one of the reasons Augustine delayed attacking Pelagius until c.415 was because of the closeness of Albina and her family with him.
[2] Jerome also wrote to Augustine and Aypius in 419 in Letter 202,[14][2] discussing various church matters and sending greetings to the leader from Albina.