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St. Ambrose

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Ambrose of Milan

An actual portrait in mosaic of Ambrose of Milan in the church St. Ambrogio in Milan.

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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

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