narrators mother
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- The narrator's mother, who provided him with allowances for his studies and instilled in him a devout love for the name of Christ from an early age.
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- instilled love for Christ's name
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- loved by Ambrose
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- mother
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- most entirely fervent in spirit
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- handmaid of God
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- financial supporter, spiritual influence
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- lovedAmbrose
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- The narrator's mother loved Ambrose entirely for his religious conversation and good works.
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- whom she loved not as Ambrose, whom, for my salvation, she loved most entirely
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:08.020Z
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- departed_life_atOstia
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- The narrator's mother died while they were journeying to Africa, having reached Ostia.
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- whitherward being as far as Ostia, my mother departed this life
- developedlove of wine
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- As a young maiden, the narrator's mother gradually developed a habit and love for wine.
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- there had crept upon her a love of wine
- marriedNarrator's Mother's Husband
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- Upon reaching marriageable age, the narrator's mother was bestowed upon a husband.
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- so soon as she was of marriageable age, being bestowed upon a husband
- served_as_lordNarrator's Mother's Husband
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- The narrator's mother served her husband as her lord, showing diligence to win him to God.
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- she served him as her lord
- advisedMatrons
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- The narrator's mother provided earnest advice to other matrons about their conduct towards their husbands.
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- she would blame their tongues, giving them, as in jest, earnest advice: "That from the time they heard the marriage writings read to them, they should account them as indentures, whereby they were made servants; and so, remembering their condition, ought not to set themselves up against their lords
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:11.348Z
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- purchasing with my mother's allowances
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:12.505Z
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