Milan; feast day December 7) Bishop of Milan. Raised in Rome, he became a Roman provincial governor. As a compromise candidate, he was unexpectedly elevated from unbaptized layman to bishop of Milan in 374. He established the medieval concept of the Christian emperor as subject to episcopal advice and censure when he forced the emperor Theodosius to seek forgiveness from the bishop, and he opposed tolerance for adherents of Arianism. He wrote theological treatises influenced by Greek philosophy, including On the Holy Spirit and On the Duties of Ministers, as well as a series of hymns. His brilliant sermons and personal example converted St. Augustine.  Related Paintings of st ambrose :. | Landscape with Dune er | Detail of Cenacle | Eva Prima Pandora (mk05) | Pieter Bruegel The Children's games | Portrait of Ludwik Wodzicki. |
Related Artists:
Heywood Hardy
British 1843-1933
FERRARI, Defendente
Italian painter, Piedmont school (b. ca. 1490, Chivasso, d. after 1531)
Louis Moritz
painted Portrait of Jonas Daniël Meijer (1780-1834), jurist. in 1800-1834