Ambrose

Divi Ambrosii Episcopi Mediolanensis Omnia Opera, 1527

Saint Ambrose (c. 330 – 4 April 397) was an Archbishop of Milan. He is an important figure in the Catholic church, and the patron saint of Milan.

Saint Ambrose was one of the four original Doctors of the Church, the title given by the Catholic Church to saints for their significant contribution to theology or doctrine through their research study or writing.

The feast day is celebrated on December 7.

Ambrose Media

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  Mosaic of Saint Ambrose from the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Italy (1140).

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  Fresco of Saint Ambrose from Mount Athos.

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  Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral a "pious fiction" painted in 1619 by Anthony van Dyck. National Gallery, London

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  Embossed silver urn with the body of Ambrose (with white vestments) in the crypt of Sant'Ambrose, with the skeletons of Gervase and Protase

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  Statue of Saint Ambrose with a scourge in Museo del Duomo, Milan. Unknown Lombard author, early 17th century.

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  Saint Ambrose in His Study, c. 1500. Spanish, Palencia. Wood with traces of polychromy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

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  Mosaic of Ambrose, in Westminster Cathedral, London

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  De officiis ministrorum (377–391) in a c. 900 manuscript now kept in the Abbey library of Saint Gall (Cod. Sang. 97 p. 51). The work is probably Ambrose's best known.