Natural grief is one thing, distrustful sadness is another,… - Ambrose

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Natural grief is one thing, distrustful sadness is another, and there is a very great difference between longing for what you have lost and lamenting that you have lost it.

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Saint Ambrose, Latin: Sanctus Ambrosius, "Ambrosius episcopus Mediolanensis"; Italian: Sant'Ambrogio; Lombard: Sant'Ambroeus) (c. 340 – 4 April 397), bishop of Milan (Mediolanum in Latin), was one of the most eminent bishops of the 4th century. Together with Augustine of Hippo, Jerome, and Gregory I, he is counted as one of the four doctors of the West of antique church history.

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Native Name: Ambrosius Mediolanensis

Alternative Names: St. Ambrosius • St. Ambrose • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambrogio • Saint, Bishop of Milan Aurelius Ambrosius • Saint Ambrose • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambrose • Saint, Bp. of Milan Ambrosius • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambroise • Saint, Bishop of Milan Amvrosīĭ • Saint, Bishop of Milan Aurelio Ambrogio • Saint Ambrose Bishop of Milan • Ambrosius • St Ambrose

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