Simplician

*Saint Simplician*
Saint Simplician
Died	August 13, 400 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	August 16[citation needed]

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Saint Simplician (died August 13, 400) succeeded Saint Ambrose as bishop of Milan in 397. He was already an old man by that time. He was considered responsible for the conversion of Augustine of Hippo, who praised him for his learning and zeal, and for that of Saint Alypius. He had recounted the story of Marius Victorinus, an African rhetorician, and his public baptism and conversion to Christianity at a time when Christians were banned from the classrooms due to Emperor Julius's edict. This story helps St. Augustine to "truly" convert.(See St. Augustine's Confessions)

Simplician was succeeded by Venerius as bishop of Milan.

His feast day is August 16.^{[citation needed]}