Tag: St Ambrose

06 Works, Today, May 5th is Jovinianus’s day, With Footnotes – #126

May 5, 2020

—

by

Zaidan Art Blog

in 365 Saints, Religious Art, Uncategorized

Jovinian (died c. 405), was an opponent of Christian asceticism in the 4th century and was condemned as a heretic at synods convened in Rome under Pope Siricius and in Milan by St Ambrose in 393… Please follow link for full post
01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 7, is St Ambrose’s day, With Footnotes – 139

Dec 7, 2018

—

by

Zaidan Art Blog

in Religious Art

Camillo Procaccini (1561–1629) St Ambrose Stopping Theodosius, second half of 16th centuryOil on canvasBasilica of Sant’Ambrogio Theodosius had, in his privileged youth, been military governor of Moesia. But after a charge of cowardice and his father’s execution for conspiracy he had languished in enforced early retirement in Spain. Yet when disaster hit the Roman world at…