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Ambrose
Ambrose was bishop of Milan from 374 and one of the four original Doctors of the Latin Church. A Roman governor chosen bishop by popular acclaim, he opposed the Arians, defended the Church's independence from emperors, made Theodosius I do penance after the massacre at Thessalonica in 390, and baptised Augustine. He became the patron saint of Milan.
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