Background
Ambrose was born in 333, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Ambrose was born in 333, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Ambrose was canonized after death, celebrated for his regulation and development of singing in the Western Churches, by the introduction and cultivation of ritual (antiphonal and congregational) song, as practiced at the time in the Eastern Church, and by the consequent adoption of the 4 authentic church-modes ; his indisputable authorship of many sacred songs has earned him the title of “ Father of Christian Hymnology.”
