ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of November WELCOME! SAINT AMBROSE OF CAMALDOLI, RELIGIOUS Saint Ambrose of Camaldoli was an Italian theologian and writer, born at Portico, near Florence, September 16, 1386; he died October 21, 1439. His name was Ambrose Traversari. HE ENTERED THE ORDER OF THE CAMALDOLI He entered the Order of the Camaldoli when fourteen and became its General in 1431. He was a great theologian and writer, and knew Greek as well as he did Latin. These gifts and his familiarity with the affairs of the Church led Eugenius IV to send him to the Council of Basle, where Ambrose strongly defended the primacy of the Roman pontiff and adjured the council not to rend asunder Christ’s seamless robe. THE COUNCIL OF BASLE He was next sent by the Pope to the Emperor Sigismond to ask his aid for the pontiff in his efforts to end this council, which for five years had been trenching on the papal prerogatives. ...