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Encyclopedia > Ambrose (disambiguation)

Ambrose may refer to:

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Saint Ambrose, mosaic in church St. ... Ambrose of Alexandria (died about 250 AD) was a friend of Origen. ... Ambroise (around 1190), Norman poet, and chronicler of the Third Crusade, author of a work called LEstoire de la guerre sainte, which describes in rhyming French verse the adventures of Richard Coeur de Lion as a crusader. ... Ambrose the Camaldulian, (Ambrogio Traversari) (1386-1439), was a theologian, born near Forlì at the village of Portico di Romagna. ... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842–1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story (horror) writer, editor, and journalist. ... Ambrose in 1927 Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896–11 June 1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. ... Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys (Merlin the Wise); also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the Wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in Arthurian legends, starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ... Ashley Avery Ambrose (born September 17, 1970, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former National Football League cornerback for several teams in the 1990s and early 2000s. ... Bert Ambrose (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) (September 15, 1896 - June 11, 1971), usually just known as Ambrose, was a British musician of the swing and dance band era. ... Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. ... Lauren Ambrose Lauren Ambrose (born Lauren Anne DAmbruoso, 20 February 1978) is an American film and television actress, best known for portraying the character Claire Fisher on the popular HBO drama Six Feet Under. ... Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976 in Launceston) is an Australian racing driver, and was the Australian V8 Supercars champion in 2003 and 2004. ... Rona Ambrose, PC, MP, MA (born March 15, 1969 in Valleyview, Alberta) is Canadas Minister of the Environment. ... Stephen Ambrose, at the 2001 premiere of Band of Brothers. ...

Places

Ambrose is a city located in Coffee County, Georgia. ... Ambrose is a city located in Divide County, North Dakota. ... Ambrose Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in central New Jersey in the United States. ... St. ... Spoiler warning: Ambrose set in Louisiana, USA is a small fictional town featured in the 2005 horror film remake, House of Wax. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Other

Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

See also

Ambrosia In ancient mythology, Ambrosia (Greek ) is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods. ...


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Ambrose - Wikipedia (1607 words)
Ambrose was elected president; and Palladius, being called upon to defend his opinions, declined, insisting that the meeting was a partial one, and that, all the bishops of the empire not being present, the sense of the Christian church concerning the question in dispute could not be obtained.
Ambrose was equally zealous in combating the attempt made by the upholders of the old state religion to resist the enactments of Christian emperors.
Ambrose's intense episcopal consciousness furthered the growing doctrine of the Church and its sacerdotal ministry, while the prevalent asceticism of the day, continuing the Stoic and Ciceronian training of his youth, enabled him to promulgate a lofty standard of Christian ethics.
Ambrose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2652 words)
Ambrose asks that Christian monies not be used to build a place of worship for unbelievers, heretics or Jews, and he reminds Theodosius that some Christian laity had said of Emperor Maximus, "he has become a Jew" because of the edict Maximus issued regarding the burning of a Roman synagogue.
Ambrose's influence upon Theodosius is credited with eliciting the enactment of the "Theodosian decrees" of 391 (see entry Theodosius I, which are more characteristic of the constant agenda of Ambrose than of Theodosius.
Ambrose is not known to have composed any of the repertory of Ambrosian chant, much as Gregory the Great is not known to have composed any Gregorian chant.
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