Saint

Ambrose of Milan
Bishop of Milan
AmbroseOfMilan (cropped).jpg
Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
DioceseMediolanum (Milan)
SeeMediolanum
Installed374 AD
Term ended4 April 397
PredecessorAuxentius
SuccessorSimplician
Orders
Consecration7 December 374
Personal details
Born
Aurelius Ambrosius

c. 339
Augusta Treverorum, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire (modern-day Trier, Germany)
Died4 April 397(397-04-04)(aged 56–57)
Mediolanum, Italia, Roman Empire (modern-day Milan, Italy)
BuriedCrypt of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
DenominationChristian
Sainthood
Feast day7 December
Venerated in
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Eastern Orthodox Churches
  • Oriental Orthodox Churches
  • Anglican Communion
  • Lutheranism
Title as SaintDoctor of the Church
PatronageMilan and beekeepers
Other patronage
  • Bakers of honeybread, bees, bishops, candlemakers, chandlers, domestic animals, the French Commissariat, geese, gingerbread makers, learning, schoolchildren, stone masons, students, wax melters and Bologna
ShrinesBasilica of Sant'Ambrogio

Theology career
Notable work
  • De officiis ministrorum(377–391)
  • Exameron [it](386–390)
  • De obitu Theodosii(395)
Theological work
EraPatristic Age
Tradition or movementTrinitarianism
Main interestsChristian ethics and mariology
Notable ideasFilioque, anti-paganism, mother of the Church