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Saint
Ambrose of Milan
Bishop of Milan
Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio[1]
Diocese
Mediolanum (Milan)
See
Mediolanum
Installed
374 AD
Term ended
4 April 397
Predecessor
Auxentius
Successor
Simplician
Orders
Consecration
7 December 374
Personal details
Born
Aurelius Ambrosius
c. 339
Augusta Treverorum, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire
Died
4 April 397 (aged 56–57)
Mediolanum, Italia, Roman Empire
Buried
Crypt of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Denomination
Christian
Sainthood
Feast day
7 December
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Anglican Communion
Title as Saint
Doctor of the Church
Patronage
Milan and beekeepers[2]
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Other patronage
Shrines
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Theology career
Notable work
De officiis ministrorum (377–391)
Exameron [it] (386–390)
De obitu Theodosii (395)
Theological work
Era
Patristic Age
Tradition or movement
Trinitarianism
Main interests
Christian ethics and mariology
Notable ideas
Anti-paganism, mother of the Church[4]
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