Archbishop of Milan; Roman magistrate elected bishop by acclamation while still a catechumen, then baptized, ordained, and consecrated in a single week. The principal Latin teacher to St Augustine. His dogmatic treatises on the Holy Spirit and on the Incarnation transmitted Greek (especially Basilian) theology to the Latin West; his hymns and homilies shaped Western liturgical music for centuries. One of the Four Latin Doctors of the West, recognized as a saint in both East and West (commemorated 7 December).
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