simplicianus
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- age
- grown into years
- description
- An elderly and experienced servant of God, known for his lifelong devotion and wisdom, to whom the narrator felt moved to go for guidance.
- devotion
- lived most devoted unto Thee from youth
- intention
- to inspire imitation
- relationship_to_Augustine
- acquaintance/mentor
- relationship_to_ambrose
- father of Ambrose (in grace)
- role
- mentor/guide
- spiritual_role
- spiritual mentor
- wisdom
- learned much experience
Relationships
- is_spiritual_father_toAmbrose
- description
- Simplicianus is recognized as the spiritual father of Ambrose, having played a key role in Ambrose's reception of God's grace.
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- To Simplicianus then I went, the father of Ambrose (a Bishop now) in receiving Thy grace
- insisted_on_public_profession_forVictorinus
- description
- Simplicianus insisted that he would not believe Victorinus was a Christian unless he saw him in the Church of Christ.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:17.483Z
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- related_story_toAugustine
- description
- Simplicianus recounted the story of Victorinus's conversion to Augustine with the specific aim of inspiring him.
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- But when that man of Thine, Simplicianus, related to me this of Victorinus, I was on fire to imitate him; for for this very end had he related it
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:46.534Z
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- sought_guidance_from
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- And Thou didst put into my mind, and it seemed good in my eyes, to go to Simplicianus
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:48.782Z
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