A petty affair of a certain Donatianus of Suppa, an unworthy lower cleric, gives us a glimpse at the everyday management of the Church at Hippo: the bishop appoints a man as an ostiarius in one of the churches (or, more exactly, a memoria: see Sermo 273, PL 38,1251) and then, in his absence, the presbyters (of that particular church? or of Hippo in general?) remove the man from the post. Augustine accepted that decision and advised his fellow bishop, to whom Donatianus turned, not to allow him to be anything more than a lector.