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Life of St Ambrose

Paulinus the Deacon, tr. Kaniecka, 1928

1. 1. The Author’s Preface
2. 2. Birth, Youth, and Early Public Career of Saint Ambrose
3. He is Elected Bishop of Milan, Not Without the Will of God. He Tries to Evade But in…
4. 4. The Empress Justina Persecutes the Holy Bishop
5. He Finds the Bodies of the Holy Martyrs Gervase and Protase, on Which Occasion Devils are…
6. His Legation to Maximus the Usurper, and the Episcopal Zeal Against Him. He is a Terror…
7. His Favor Prevails Over Theodosius, Whom on Account of the Massacre of the Citizens of…
8. He Firmly Resists Symmachus, the Prefect of the City Who Urges the Restitution of the…
9. The Virtues of the Holy Bishop. His Abstinence, His Zeal in Divine Affairs, His Contempt…
10. He is Seized with Sickness and, Refreshed with the Holy Viaticum, Dies. The Funeral Rites…
11. God Safeguards the Memory of the Holy Bishop Against Detractors. An Exhortation on the…