medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
> 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 :-)
Except that Ambrose was moved earlier, and was presumably the precedent for
Gregory. Does anyone know when Ambrose was moved (and why)?
John Briggs
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