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On the Death of His Brother Satyrus
St. Ambrose of Milan · image, public domain
St. Ambrose's brother Satyrus, who had looked after the family's affairs so Ambrose could serve the Church, died suddenly. At the funeral Ambrose let his grief show, and a week later he preached a second sermon on the hope of the resurrection.
It is a good book for anyone grieving, written by a saint who grieved too.
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About this edition
Translated by H. de Romestin, with E. de Romestin and H. T. F. Duckworth, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 10 (1896), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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