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Paulinus was a deacon of the church of Milan who served as notary and personal secretary to Bishop Ambrose. He was with him at the end — he says he was present at Ambrose's…

Bernard was born in 1090 at Fontaine-lès-Dijon in Burgundy, the third son of a knight. His mother died when he was seventeen and it broke something open in him. In 1113, aged…

Eugippius was abbot of a monastery at Castellum Lucullanum, just outside Naples, in the early sixth century. The community had an unusual origin: it had been formed around the…

Orosius was born about 375 in Roman Spain, probably at Braga in the northwest, and became a priest there. Around 414 he fled — his own account speaks of barbarian invasion, and…

Leo was probably born in Tuscany near the end of the fourth century. Before he was bishop he was already one of the most trusted men in the Roman church — a deacon under two…