Distinctions of St. Ambrose:
St. Ambrose was one of the 8 great Doctors of the Church
(Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Gregory the Great, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and Gregory of Nazianzus).
Occupation: Christian
Dates:
Ambrose lived from about 340- April 4, 397.
Offices St. Ambrose Held:
St. Ambrose was Bishop of Milan (274-397). Governor of Northern Italy.
Controveries / Heresies:
Sr. Ambrose was actively opposed to the Arian heresy.
Sources:
Ambrose's own writing, and a "Life" written after his death by Paulinus, his secretary.
Writings of St. Ambrose:
Most of his writing consists of homilies and oral commentaries on the Bible written down by listeners. His writing is divided into "exegetical, dogmatic, ascetico-moral, and occcasional." Erasmus edited the writings on St. Ambrose in four volumes in 1527. An English version was published in 1896.
Saint's Day:
7 December
