Category:Saint Ambrose

Saint Ambrose, Bishop Appointed: 374 AD Reign ended: April 4, 397 Predecessor: Auxentius Successor: Simplician Consecration: December 7, 374 Born: c. 340 AD in Augusta Treverorum, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire (present-day Germany) Died: April 4, 397 in Mediolanum, Italia annonaria, Roman Empire (present-day Italy) Feast day: December 7 Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Title as Saint: Confessor and Doctor of the Church Attributes: Beehive, a child, whip, bones Patronage: bee keepers; bees; candle makers; domestic animals; French Commissariat; learning; Milan; students; wax refiners Shrines: Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

(born about 340, died April 4, 397, Memorial on December 7) : Ambrose was the third and youngest child of Ambrosius, Prefect of Gallia (he had a sister named Marcellina and a brother named Satyrus). He was consecrated bishop of Milan on December 7, 374. He died April 4, 397.