Ambrose of Alexandria

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Ambrose of Alexandria
Theologian, Confessor
Born	late 2nd century, Alexandria, Egypt
Died	ca. 250
Feast	17 March
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Ambrose of Alexandria (d. ca. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen.

Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. Through Origen's teaching, Ambrose rejected the gnostic theology of Valentinius, to which he had earlier subscribed.^[1] He was wealthy and provided his teacher with books for his studies and secretaries to lighten the labor of composition.^[2]

He suffered during the persecution under Maximinus Thrax in 235.^[3] He was later released and died a confessor.^[4] The last mention of Ambrose in the historical record is in Origen's Contra Celsum, which the latter wrote at the solicitation of Ambrose.

Origen often speaks of Ambrose in affectionately as a man of education with excellent literary and scholarly tastes. All of Origen's works written after 218 are dedicated to Ambrose.

[edit] Veneration

Ambrose is venerated as a saint by some branches of Christianty. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church falls on 17 March.^[4]

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NAME	Ambrose of Alexandria
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Christian saint and theologian
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DATE OF DEATH	250
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