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Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the
Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of
Ambrose of Alexandria Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 – c. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen. Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. At first a gnostic Valentinian and Ma ...
(before 212–c. 250), Egyptian theologian and saint *Saint
Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...
(Aurelius Ambrosius) (c. 340–397), bishop of Milan *
Ambrosius Aurelianus Ambrosius Aurelianus ( cy, Emrys Wledig; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' and elsewhere) was a war leader of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Sa ...
, fifth-century war leader of the Romano-British *
Ambrosius of Georgia St. Ambrosius ( ka, ამბროსი, ''Ambrosi'') (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927. Best known for his opposition to th ...
(1861–1927), Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia * Ambrosius of Optino *
Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki Ambrosius (birth name ''Risto Jääskeläinen'', b. 10 August 1945 Tohmajärvi, Finland,) is the retired Metropolitan of Helsinki. He matriculated from the Joensuu Lyceum in 1964. He completed the degree of Master of Theology at Helsinki Univers ...
* Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Moscow *
Ambrosius (Hussite) Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 ...
, priest, leader of
Hussite The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation. The Hussit ...
peasants *
Ambrosius Beber Ambrosius Beber ( fl. 1610–1620) was a German composer. Very little is known about his life. He lived and worked in the first part of the 17th century. He is mentioned as a "musician of Naumburg". The only work that survives is a ''St. Mark ...
( fl. 1610–1620), German composer *
Ambrosius Benson Ambrosius Benson (, in Ferrara or Milan1550, in Flanders) was an Italian painter who became a part of the Northern Renaissance. While many surviving paintings have been attributed, there is very little known of him from records, and he tended no ...
(c. 1495/1500 – 1550), Italian painter *
Ambrosius Blarer Ambrosius Blarer (sometimes Ambrosius Blaurer; April 4, 1492 – December 6, 1564) was an influential Protestant reformer in southern Germany and north-eastern Switzerland. Early life Ambrosius Blarer was born 1492 into a leading family of Konst ...
(1492–1564), Swiss reformer *
Ambrosius Bosschaert Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 – 1621) was a Flemish-born Dutch still life painter and art dealer.Ambrosius Bosschaert II Ambrosius Bosschaert II (1609–1645) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in flower paintings in the manner of his father Ambrosius Bosschaert. Biography Bosschaert was born in Middelburg. According to the RKD his works are confus ...
(1609–1645), Dutch painter, son of the above * Ambrosius Bogbinder, mayor of
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
(1529–36) *
Ambrosius Brueghel Ambrosius Brueghel (; baptized 10 August 1617, Antwerp – 9 February 1675) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists. Less prolific and less well-known than a number of his family members, his oeuvre is not very well und ...
(1617–1675), Flemish Baroque painter *
Ambrosius Ehinger Ambrosius Ehinger, also (Ambrosio Alfínger in Spanish) Dalfinger, Thalfinger, (ca. 1500 in Thalfingen near Ulm – 31 May 1533 near Chinácota in modern-day Colombia) was a German conquistador and the first governor of the Welser concessi ...
(c. 1500 – 1533), German conquistador *
Ambrosius Gudko Ambrosius (in this world ''Vasiliy Gudko'', in Russian ''Василий Гудко'') (December 28, 1867 – August 9, 1918) bishop of Sarapul and Yelabug. He was canonized as a Russian Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000. Education ...
(1867–1918), Russian Orthodox saint and bishop *
Ambrosius Francken I Ambrosius Francken I (1544–1618) was a Flemish people, Flemish painter known for his religious works and historical allegories painted in a late Mannerist style. He was a prominent member of the Francken family of artists, which played a ve ...
(1544–1618), Flemish Baroque painter *
Ambrosius Francken II Ambrosius Francken II, also called the younger, to distinguish him from his uncle of the same name, was born at Antwerp in the latter part of the 16th century. He studied under his father, Frans Francken the elder Frans Francken I or Frans Fran ...
(1590–1632), Flemish painter, nephew of the above *
Ambrosius Frobenius Ambrosius Froben, or in Latin Frobenius (1537–1602), was a Basel printer, and publisher of an almost complete Hebrew Talmud, 1578–1580.The way Jews lived: five hundred years of printed words and images p51 Constance Harris - 2009 "Froben's gran ...
(1537–1602), Swiss printer and publisher *
Ambrosius Haingura Ambrosius Hamutenya Haingura (30 June 1957 – 21 September 2000) was a Namibian activist and politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), he was an internal activist during the Namibian War of Independence. Followin ...
(1957–2000), Namibian activist and politician *
Ambrosius Holbein Ambrosius Holbein (c. 1494 – c. 1519) was a German and later a Swiss artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking. He was the elder brother, by about three years, of Hans Holbein the Younger, but he appears to have died in his mid-twenties, ...
(c. 1494 – c. 1519), German and Swiss painter, drawer and printmaker, elder brother of Hans Holbein the Younger *
Ambrosius Hubrecht Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (2 March 1853, in Rotterdam – 21 March 1915, in Utrecht) was a Dutch zoologist. Hubrecht studied zoology at Utrecht University with Harting and Donders, for periods joining Selenka in Leiden and later Erlange ...
(1853–1915), Dutch zoologist *
Ambrosius Lobwasser Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515–1585) was a German humanist and translator, born in Saxony. He served as professor of jurisprudence at the University of Königsberg from 1563 until his retirement in 1580, but is best known for his ''Psalter des Köni ...
(1515–1585), German humanist and translator *
Macrobius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was ...
(fl. 5th century), Roman grammarian and philosopher (Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius in later manuscripts) *
Ambrosius Moibanus Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of Ambrose of Alexandria (before 21 ...
(1494–1554), German Lutheran theologian and reformer *
Ambrosius Pelargus Ambrosius Pelargus (c. 1493 – 5 July 1561) was a German Dominican theologian. He was skilled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. His polemical efforts were directed principally against the Anabaptists, the Iconoclasts, and those who rejected the ...
(c. 1493 – 1561), German anti-reformer Dominican theologian *
Ambrosius Petruzzy Ambrosius Petruzzy (died 1652 in Kaisersteinbruch, Kingdom of Hungary) was an Italian master stonemason and baroque sculptor. Life In December 1640, master Francesco Maderno and his wife Maria sold their house with a garden to master Ambro ...
(died 1652), Italian sculptor *
Ambrosios Pleianthidis Ambrosios Pleiathidis ( el, Αμβρόσιος Πλειανθίδης, 1872–1922) also known as Ambrosios of Moschonisia was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Moschonisia, in modern Turkey, from February to September 1922. He was execute ...
, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop *
Ambrosius Stub Ambrosius Christoffersen Stub (May 1705 – 15 July 1758) was a Danish poet. Life Stub was born in Gummerup on the island of Funen, but his exact birth date is unknown. He was baptized at Verninge in Odense on 17 May 1705. The son of a tail ...
(1705–1758), Danish poet Surname: *
Marsha Ambrosius Marsha Ambrosius-Billups (born 8 August 1977) is an English singer and songwriter from Liverpool, England. She embarked on her musical career as a member of Floetry. Ambrosius released her debut solo album '' Late Nights & Early Mornings'' in Ma ...
(born 1977), English singer-songwriter Fictional characters: *
Merlin Merlin ( cy, Myrddin, kw, Marzhin, br, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a mage, with several other main roles. His usual depiction, based on an amalgamation of historic and le ...
, in Arthurian legend, named Merlin Ambrosius in Godfrey of Monmouth's '' Historia Regum Britanniae'' *Ambrosius, a character in the film ''
Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the ...
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Ambrose (given name) Ambrose is a given name. It is derived from Greek ''ambrosios'', meaning ''(belonging to) immortal(s)'', ''god-like'';Petrovsky, p. 48 cf. ambrosia, ''food of gods''.Superanskaya p. 32 Notable people with the name include: *St Ambrose of ...
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Ambrose (surname) Ambrose is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alice Ambrose (1906–2001), American philosopher, logician, and author *Ashley Ambrose (born 1970), former American football player *Autpert Ambrose (c. 730–784), Frankish Benedictin ...
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