medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at 2:51 am, John Briggs wrote:
> St Ambrose [who seems to have got lost somewhere along the way]
The revisers of the Roman Calendar seem to have used on Ambrose of Milan
(now celebrated liturgically in the Roman church on 7. December) the
same lever they applied to Gregory the Great in order to spring both of
them to another time of the year: consecration as bishop. Perhaps they
were implying that, in some cases at least, elevation to episcopal
dignity may be tantamount to birth into eternal life :-)
Best,
John Dillon
PS: The Diocese of Milan is now using 3.-4. April as a time for
promoting scholarship on Ambrose. See:
http://www.chiesadimilano.it/or4/or?uid=ADMIesy.main.index&oid=417956
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