From Monday to Saturday
10.00 - 12.00
14.30 - 18.00
Sunday
15.00 - 17.00
check to make sure there are no church services in session
Ambrosian Sites and Their History
The historical archive of the basilica is available to you for consultation
THE BASILICA: ART AND HISTORY
FROM THE LATE FOURTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
Founded by Ambrose in honour of the martyrs Protasius and Gervasius in the area of the old necropolis west of the city, over the centuries, the Basilica played a fundamental role in the construction of the spiritual and civil identity of Milan.
The History
THE MONUMENTAL COMPLEX
Now in one of the city’s central quarters, the Basilica was outside the walls until the nineteenth century, in the middle of a network of small churches that in part still stand today.
AMBROSE, BISHOP AND PATRON SAINT OF MILAN
Ambrose, bishop of Milan (374–397), was a leading figure in a difficult period of transition from the legacy of imperial Rome to the new Christian era. A learned interpreter of the Holy Scriptures and an attentive pastor sensitive to the needs of his flock, he left a profound mark on the Church of Milan, which took the name Ambrosian Church and retains its own liturgical rite. Ambrose is one of the four Fathers of the Western Church (figures considered of fundamental importance for the Christian faith), along with his contemporaries Jerome and Augustine and Pope Gregory the Great.
Visit
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT THE BASILICA?
Visit hours
Location
Piazza Sant’Ambrogio,
15 20123 - Milano
How to get here
Metropolitana MM2
Linea verde
Fermata S. Ambrogio
Bus ATM
n° 50 – 58 – 94
