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Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion

At Easter 387 in Milan, as Confessions tells it, Ambrose baptised Augustine together with Adeodatus and Alypius. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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At Easter 387 in Milan, as Confessions tells it, Ambrose baptised Augustine together with Adeodatus and Alypius. The instrument is that public rite. It is not a unique theology treatise and not a later painting of a garden voice. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: Ambrose performed the rite. Adeodatus and Alypius were baptised with him as Confessions tells it. He did not baptise himself.

Context

Ambrose is the named bishop. Sharing the font with the two companions is required. Manichaean years are the exit-from. Priestly ordination at Hippo in 391 is a different office. Monica dies at Ostia in the same year-file, a neighbouring loss not stored as his act. The setting of Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion is the public file around 0387-04-24. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Improving path from Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion on 0387-04-24. A public baptism into a civic-church communion is a cohesion path of medium weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Handbook Easter 387. Cassiciacum precedes; ordination follows years later. Mixed effects of Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Augustine Of Hippo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Ambrose performed the rite. Adeodatus and Alypius were baptised with him as Confessions tells it. He did not baptise himself.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactAmbrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 24 April 387 · verified

    A public baptism into a civic-church communion is a cohesion path of medium weight.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, Manichaean booksNew Advent / translated Fathers · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, Milan baptism at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, baptism by Ambrose at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, Milan baptism (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, baptism by Ambrose (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion under 0387-04-24 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion under 0387-04-24.

Shared responsibility is part of Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0387-04-24 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAugustine Of Hippo
  2. contributed toFactAmbrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan at Easter 387, a public entry into Catholic communion. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-baptism-387

https://factrail.ai/facts/au-baptism-387

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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