Monique n'est pas dans la Bible — Sa signification est inconnue

Monique is not in the Bible. It is the French form of Monica, a name whose meaning is unknown; it was probably Berber or Phoenician in origin. Christians know it through one woman, Saint Monica, the fourth-century North African mother of Augustine of Hippo. What we know of her is mostly tears. For years she prayed for a son who wanted none of her faith, until a bishop called the young man “the son of these tears” and promised he…