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date: 20 January 2025

Ambrose, St (c. 339–97), Bp. of Milan. He was born at Trier, the son of the Praetorian Prefect of Gaul. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Author(s):
F. L. CrossF. L. Cross, E. A. LivingstoneE. A. Livingstone

He followed a traditional administrative career, practising in the law-courts and in due course being appointed governor of Aemilia-Liguria, with his seat at Milan. On the death in ... ...

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