CHURCH

FATHERS

Bishop of milan

St. Ambrose

Feast Day- December 7

St. Ambrose was born around 339 in
what is now Trier, Germany
The son of the Roman prefect of
Gaul.
Following his father's footsteps,
Ambrose embarked upon a career in
law and politics and by 370 AD, he
had become the Imperial governor of
Northern Italy.

When the episcopal see of Milan

became vacant in 374, the people
demanded that Saint Ambrose be made
their bishop. The neighboring bishops
and the Emperor convinced him to
accept this call as the will of God
Ambrose was baptized and ordained
first deacon, then priest, then bishop,
all in a single week.
His feastday in the Roman calendar is
December 7, the day he was ordained bishop.

Bishop of Hippo

St. Augustine

Feast Day- August 28

A

Latin Father and Doctor of the

Church, is one of the most important
figures in the development of Western
Christianity.
Augustine was radically influenced by
Platonism.
He framed the concepts of original sin
and just war as they are understood in
the West.

When Rome fell and the faith of many

Christians was shaken, Augustine wrote
The City of God.

He defended Christianity from pagan critics

and developed the concept of the Church as a
spiritual City of God, distinct from the material
City of Man.
Augustine's work defined the start of the
medieval worldview, an outlook that would later
be firmly established by Pope Gregory the
Great.

St. Jerome

feast day- September 30

Saint Jerome was a Catholic priest,
confessor, theologian and historian, who
also became a Doctor of the Church.
He is best known for his translation of
most of the Bible into Latin (the
translation that became known as the
Vulgate), and his commentaries on the
Gospels.
His list of writings is extensive.
Jerome was known for his teachings on
Christian moral life, especially to those
living in cosmopolitan centers such as
Rome.
In many cases, he focused his attention to the lives of women and identified how a woman devoted to Jesus Christ
should live her life.

In many cases, he focused his

attention to the lives of women and
identified how a woman devoted to
Jesus Christ should live her life.
This focus stemmed from his close
patron relationships with several
prominent female ascetics who
were members of affluentsenatorial
families.