- Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
--1 is a kind of bishop; theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser; composer; Church Father, Father of the Church, Father; saint; Doctor of the Church, Doctor