Ambrose of Milan
b: 339 (or 340); Trier
d: April 4, 397; Milan
Highlights & Accomplishments
- Pursued the cursus honorum (the ladder of advancement within the Roman public hierarchy)
- Became governor of the province of Emilia-Liguria in 370, moving to Milan
- Later chosen by the people as their bishop, was baptised and, one week later, was consecrated (1 Dec 373 or 7 Dec 374)
- Represented the authority of the Roman Catholic church by exercising his pastoral responsibility and composing numerous treatises
- Also became renowned as a major ecclesiastical figure for 23 years
- Known as one of the four great Roman Catholic Church Fathers
- Deemed as the true founder of the Latin Christian hymnody
- His hymns have been constantly admired for their poetic and religious qualities, their clarity and their apparent simplicity of form and content
Hymns included in the Seventh-Day Adventist Hymnal
O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright, SDAH 41
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