Ambrosian Rite

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Catholic liturgical rite Western liturgical tradition liturgical rite

The Ambrosian Rite is a distinct Western liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church, centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose, with its own unique prayers, chants, and ceremonial practices.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ambrosian Rite canonical	26
Ambrosian liturgy	4
Ambrosian liturgical tradition	2
Ambrosian tradition	2
Ambrosian Church	1
Ambrosian liturgical calendar	1
Ambrosian liturgical year	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical rite ⓘ Western liturgical tradition ⓘ liturgical rite ⓘ
adventLength	six Sundays in Advent (traditional form) ⓘ
attributedTo	Ambrose of Milan ⓘ
celebratedBy	clergy of the Archdiocese of Milan ⓘ some religious communities in Milanese territory ⓘ
centeredIn	Archdiocese of Milan ⓘ
differsFrom	Roman Rite ⓘ
geographicUse	Lombardy ⓘ Swiss dioceses bordering Italy ⓘ parts of the Archdiocese of Milan outside the city ⓘ
goodFridayPractice	no celebration of Mass but special liturgy of the Lord’s Passion ⓘ
hasComponent	Roman Breviary ⓘ surface form: Ambrosian Divine Office Ambrosian Mass ⓘ Ambrosian breviary ⓘ Ambrosian chant ⓘ Ambrosian Rite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ambrosian liturgical calendar Ambrosian missal ⓘ
hasDistinctiveElement	different order of readings at Mass ⓘ different structure of the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ placement of the sign of peace before the Offertory ⓘ proper melodies for the Gloria and Credo ⓘ
hasFeature	distinct calendar of feasts ⓘ distinct ceremonial practices ⓘ distinct lectionary cycle ⓘ distinct order of Mass ⓘ proper prayers ⓘ proper prefaces ⓘ use of Ambrosian chant instead of Gregorian chant in its heartland ⓘ
hasHistoricalForm	pre–Vatican II Ambrosian liturgy ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFamily	Ambrosian chant ⓘ
hasReformedForm	post–Vatican II Ambrosian liturgy ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed in late antiquity in Milan ⓘ
influencedBy	early Milanese Christian tradition ⓘ
liturgicalSeasonStructure	distinct from Roman Rite ⓘ
liturgicalYearStart	First Sunday of Advent (with different counting than Roman Rite) ⓘ
namedAfter	Ambrose of Milan ⓘ
partOf	Latin liturgical tradition ⓘ
preservedBy	Archdiocese of Milan ⓘ Milan Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Chapter of Milan Cathedral
principalSee	Milan Cathedral ⓘ
recognizedBy	Holy See ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
statusInCatholicChurch	legitimately recognized particular rite ⓘ
survivedReformsOf	Council of Trent ⓘ Second Vatican Council ⓘ
usesLanguage	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin Rite → includesLiturgicalUse → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrose of Milan → associatedWith → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Dominican Rite → relatedTo → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian Rite → hasComponent → Ambrosian Rite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgical calendar

Mozarabic Rite → distinctFrom → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Carthusian Rite → distinctFrom → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian chant → usedInRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Archbishop of Milan → rite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Archbishop of Milan → uses → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Archbishop of Milan → associatedWith → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgy

Catholic Mass → hasRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Roman Rite → contrastedWith → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

First Sunday of Advent (with different counting than Roman Rite) → hasLiturgicalRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

First Sunday of Advent (with different counting than Roman Rite) → partOf → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgical year

Archdiocese of Milan → rite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Archdiocese of Milan → tradition → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian tradition

Ambrosian Mass → partOf → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian Mass → usedIn → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian Mass → principalLiturgyOf → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian Mass → tradition → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgical tradition

Ambrosian breviary → usedIn → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian tradition

Ambrosian breviary → associatedWith → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgy

Ambrosian breviary → hasLiturgicalFamily → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian missal → usedInRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian missal → relatedTo → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgy

Latin Church worldwide → hasRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Old Spanish Rite → distinctFrom → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Gallican Rite → distinctFrom → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Gallican Rite → influenced → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) → hasRite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church

De sacramentis → associatedWith → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgy

Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan → rite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ambrosian theology → influenced → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian liturgical tradition

Ambrosian theology → relatedTo → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ecclesiastical province of Milan → rite → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

Ecclesiastical province of Milan → seeAlso → Ambrosian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian Church