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St. Ambrose
Image of St. Ambrose, detail from a stained-glass window in a Roman Catholic church in Antwerp, Belgium.
An early biography of St. Ambrose was written in 412 by Paulinus, a deacon of Milan. This work was commissioned at the instigation of St. Augustine of Hippo, who regarded Ambrose as a model bishop.1