Today is the Minor Feast Day of Saint Ambrose, Doctor and Poet, Bishop of Milan, 397 AD.
He, along with Augustine, Jerome, and Gregory the Great, are considered the first Four Doctors (teachers) of the Latin Church.
Ambrose is the patron saint of Milan, beekeepers 🐝, and candlemakers 🕯. He also converted and baptized Saint Augustine of Hippo (I always remember that because of the Simpson episode: https://youtu.be/HLv2FCGhPPw )
Collect (of a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar): O God, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, and to another the gift of tongues: We praise thy Name for the gifts of grace manifested in thy servant Ambrose, and we pray that thy Church may never be destitute of the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
High Anglican Haligonian 