Ambrosius von Mailand
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![Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/AmbroseOfMilan_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-AmbroseOfMilan_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail "Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Wikimedia
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Basic data
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Ambrosius Mediolanensis Alternative Names
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339 in Trier
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†April 4, 397 in Mailand
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Kirchenmusiker, Bischof, Kirchenlehrer
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Mailand
Iconography
![Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AmbroseOfMilan_(cropped).jpg "Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Relief by Vuolvino depicting Ambrose as a child while bees swarm his crib. His father is on the right of the image while the sky has three clouds "sending forth flames".[10] The relief is from the Altar of Sant'Ambrogio in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Altare_di_s._ambrogio,_824-859_ca.,_retro_di_vuolvino,_storie_di_sant%27ambrogio_06_miracolo_delle_api.jpg "Relief by Vuolvino depicting Ambrose as a child while bees swarm his crib. His father is on the right of the image while the sky has three clouds \"sending forth flames\".[10] The relief is from the Altar of Sant'Ambrogio in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral a "pious fiction"[79] painted in 1619 by Anthony van Dyck. National Gallery, London (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthonis_van_Dyck_005.jpg "Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral a \"pious fiction\"[79] painted in 1619 by Anthony van Dyck. National Gallery, London (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Statue of Saint Ambrose with a scourge in Museo del Duomo, Milan. Unknown Lombard author, early 17th century. (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Head of the Greek goddess Aphrodite with a cross carved into its forehead. Ambrose was an influential proponent for the outlawing and destruction of paganism within the Roman Empire. (Source: Wikimedia)")
![De officiis ministrorum (377–391) in a c. 900 manuscript now kept in the Abbey library of Saint Gall (Cod. Sang. 97 p. 51).[196] The work is probably Ambrose's best known.[197] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_officiis_ministrorum.jpg "De officiis ministrorum (377–391) in a c. 900 manuscript now kept in the Abbey library of Saint Gall (Cod. Sang. 97 p. 51).[196] The work is probably Ambrose's best known.[197] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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