It was the haunt of writer Ambrose Bierce, who admired its redwoods.

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose ( c. 330 – 4 April 397 ), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.

Ambrose was born into a Roman Christian family about 330 and was raised in Trier.

Ambrose was the Governor of Aemilia-Liguria in northern Italy until 374 when he became the Bishop of Milan.

He was a very popular political figure, and since he was the Governor in the effective capital in the Roman West, he was a recognizable figure in the court of the Emperor Valentinian I. Ambrose never married.

Ambrose went to the church where the election was to take place, to prevent an uproar, which was probable in this crisis.

His address was interrupted by a call " Ambrose, bishop!

Ambrose was known to be Catholic in belief, but also acceptable to Arians due to the charity shown in theological matters in this regard.

At first he energetically refused the office, for which he was in no way prepared: Ambrose was neither baptized nor formally trained in theology.

Within a week, Ambrose was baptized, ordained and duly consecrated bishop of Milan.

Ambrose was elected president and Palladius, being called upon to defend his opinions, declined.

Ambrose refused and was required to answer for his conduct before the council.

The imperial court was displeased with the religious principles of Ambrose, however his aid was soon solicited by the Emperor.

When Magnus Maximus usurped the supreme power in Gaul, and was meditating a descent upon Italy, Valentinian sent Ambrose to dissuade him from the undertaking, and the embassy was successful.

In 386 Justina and Valentinian received the Arian bishop Auxentius, and Ambrose was again ordered to hand over a church in Milan for Arian usage.

Ambrose and his congregation barricaded themselves inside the church, and the imperial order was rescinded.

Theodosius was threatened with excommunication by Ambrose for the massacre of 7, 000 persons at Thessalonica in 390, after the murder of the Roman governor there by rioters.

In 392, after the death of Valentinian II and the acclamation of Eugenius, Ambrose supplicated the emperor for the pardon of those who had supported Eugenius after Theodosius was eventually victorious.

Ambrose told Theodosius to imitate David in his repentance as he had imitated him in guilt — Ambrose readmitted the emperor to the Eucharist only after several months of penance.

In his writings, Ambrose refers only to the performance of psalms, in which solo singing of psalm verses alternated with a congregational refrain called an antiphon.

Ambrose told Theodosius to imitate David in his repentance as he had imitated him in guilt — Ambrose readmitted the emperor to the Eucharist only after several months of penance.

Ussher's younger, and only surviving, brother, Ambrose, became a distinguished scholar of Arabic and Hebrew.

General Ambrose Burnside ( a former Rhode Island gunsmith ) lamented of his Civil War recruits: " Out of ten soldiers who are perfect in drill and the manual of arms, only one knows the purpose of the sights on his gun or can hit the broad side of a barn.

This allegorical reading was taught not only by ancient followers of Jesus, but it was virtually universal throughout early Christianity, being advocated by Irenaeus, Clement, and Origen, and in the fourth and fifth centuries by Chrysostom in Constantinople, Ambrose in Milan, and Augustine in North Africa.

" The historian Stephen E. Ambrose wrote: " The only high-command officer who responded correctly to the crisis at hand was Field Marshal Rundstedt, the old man who was there for window-dressing and who was so scorned by Hitler and OKW ... Rundstedt's reasoning was sound, his actions decisive, his orders clear.

Indeed it is the home not only of the once mighty Senators, which folded in 1934 and came back in the 1990s, but also of such famous NHL builders as Tommy Gorman and Ambrose O ' Brien.

There was a great struggle over the nature and role of the pastoral in the early part of the century, primarily between Ambrose Philips and Alexander Pope and then between their followers, but such a controversy was only possible because of two simultaneous movements.

Like his brother, Ambrose Dudley invested in exploration and privateering voyages ; in Martin Frobisher's 1576 search for the Northwest Passage he was the principal patron, although he contributed only the relatively modest sum of £ 50.

The low clouds and extremely intense anti-aircraft fire caused the pathfinder sticks to be dropped off course, with only one stick landing in the correct place ( Ambrose, p. 196 ).

The 4th and 5th centuries also saw an explosion of Christian literature, of which Greek writers such as Eusebius of Caesarea, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom, and Latin writers as Ambrose of Milan, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo are only among the most renowned representatives.

Ambrose told a parliamentary committee that Canada had paid its debts under the Kyoto Protocol only to have an Environment Canada official point out that the bill was still unpaid.

In the fifth and final Test of the series, Langer only managed to score 11 runs between his two innings in a match that was dominated by the bowling of Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop.

By the 1960s, the Jodimars were only a memory, with Lytle going into real estate, Ambrose becoming a casino pit boss in Las Vegas, and Boccelli / Richards becoming a stage and movie actor.

The goddess Dulness appears to him in a fog and drops a sheet of Thule ( a poem by Ambrose Philips that was supposed to be an epic, but which only appeared as a single sheet ) on the fire, extinguishing it with the poem's perpetually wet ink.

Of this family, only Ambrose Lupo, of Milan, was active in the early 16th century.

Sprague, believing that the war would last only 48 hours, accompanied the Rhode Island brigade, under command of Colonel Ambrose Burnside, in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861.

Shirley was the only member of the Ambrose family not to appear in an episode of the spin-off " Porkpie " as it was revealed that she had gone back to live in Guyana for good, in the series.

* Gloria Ambrose ( Kim Walker ) was the only daughter of Desmond and Shirley.

Although the official order designating its number was not issued until July 22, 1862, the IX Corps organization dates from the expedition to North Carolina in February, 1862, under Ambrose E. Burnside and to the operations about Hilton Head, South Carolina, because the troops engaged in these movements were the only ones used in the formation of the corps.

Answering accusations of heresy and “ tumultuous defection ,” among others, Jewel establishes the truth and legitimacy of the claims of not only the Church of England but the whole protestant reformation by demonstrating the continuity between the reformers and Scripture, the apostles ( especially, Paul ), the church fathers ( i. e., Augustine, Tertullian, Ambrose, Jerome, etc.

Father Oschwald died on February 27, 1873, and was buried under the altar at the old St. Ambrose Church at the Loreto Monastery.

" Before he died, fellow conspirator Ambrose Rookwood said that he " loved and respected him as his own life ", while Catesby's friend, Father John Gerard, claimed he was " respected in all companies of such as are counted there swordsmen or men of action ", and that " few were in the opinions of most men preferred before him and he increased much his acquaintance and friends.

He had been secretly taught the Romish faith by Father Ambrose, and led by his grandmother to believe that he was of gentle birth.

After a lapse of several months, during which Henderson attempted to convert him, Roland learnt from Catherine that Father Ambrose had been evicted from his monastery, and he pledged himself, for her sake, to assist the imprisoned queen in recovering her freedom.

* Father Ambrose ( Edward Glendinning ), Abbot of St Mary's