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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 p ...
word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212–c. 250), Egyptian theologian and saint *Saint Ambrose (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-Sax ...
, fifth-century war leader of the Romano-British * Ambrosius of Georgia (1861–1927), Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia * Ambrosius of Optino * Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki * Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Moscow * Ambrosius (Hussite), 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 Huss ...
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 (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 Ko ...
(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 (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 concess ...
(c. 1500 – 1533), German conquistador * Ambrosius Gudko (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 (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 (c. 1493 – 1561), German anti-reformer Dominican theologian * Ambrosius Petruzzy (died 1652), Italian sculptor * Ambrosios Pleianthidis, 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 M ...
(born 1977), English singer-songwriter Fictional characters: * Merlin, 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 t ...
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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 ...
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