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Ambrose of Milan (Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius; c. 339 – 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, [a] was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Arianism and paganism . [ 5 ]
Milan was the largest archdiocese in Italy at the time, with more than 3,000 clergy and 800,000 people. ... Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of bishops ...
Vitalis is honoured as the principal patron saint of the city of Ravenna. [4]The feast day of Saint Vitalis is 28 April. [5] Churches are dedicated in honor of Saint Vitalis at Assisi, and Rome, in Italy and at Jadera (now Zadar) in Dalmatia (now Croatia), but by far the most famous church bearing his name is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, a masterpiece of Byzantine art ...
In 835, Angilbert II, Bishop of Milan, placed the relics of the three saints in a porphyry sarcophagus, where they were found in January 1864. [ 7 ] A tradition claims that, after the destruction of Milan by Frederick Barbarossa , his chancellor, Rainald of Dassel , had taken the relics from Milan and deposited them at Breisach in Germany ...
Valeria of Milan (d. 1st or 2nd century), or Valérie, according to Christian tradition, was the wife of Vitalis of Milan and the mother of Gervasius and Protasius. History [ edit ]
The gilded dome ceiling has a central portrait of the patron saint. The church also houses the tomb of Emperor Louis II, who died in Lombardy in 875. The crypt, located under the high altar, was built in the 9th century to house the remains of three saints venerated here: Ambrose, Gervasus and Protasus. The remains of the saints were already in ...
The memorial tablet in the main courtyard of the Ca' Granda, in Milan. Plaque of Camillo de Lellis inside the historical Hospital of San Giacomo in Rome Camillus de Lellis , M.I. , (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians , a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick.
Pages in category "Italian saints" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. ... John the Good (bishop of Milan) Julian of Sora; Juliana of ...