St. Ambrose of Milan

Oil on canvas
Church of San Giuseppe alla Lungara, Rome

The whip in the bishop's hand sometimes has just three cords, betokening the Trinity that was denied by Ambrose's foes the Arians, but in this painting it has several.

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.