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Ambrose

Christian bishop of Milan from AD 374 to 397. Appointed for his administrative skills, he was a powerful upholder of Christian orthodoxy (against the Arians) and a scourge of paganism. He excommunicated Theodosius I for the massacre of some opponents.


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