The invasion of the Lombards led to the forced removal of the bishops of Milan to Genoa (569-649).

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[Lat. ritus ambrosianus; Milan rite, the Latin. ritus mediolanensis], one of the main app. liturgical traditions (see. Liturgical fbay family) originated and existed in the ancient Church of Milan, in the crust. The propagation time of more than a thousand the Catholic parishes. archbishopric of Milan, as well as in a number of (100) parishes dioceses of Bergamo, Pavia and Lugano. Named after St. Ambrose, bishop. Of Milan (374-397). Valafrid Strabo ( 849) in the works. "On fbay matters of church" wrote that St.. Ambrose "established order of the Mass and other services for your church and other Ligurian [churches], who is still respected in the Church of Milan."
The first information about A. a. contained in the writings of St. Ambrose. His description of the sacraments of baptism coincides with the text of liturgical manuscripts of AA. IX-X centuries. (L. Mitchell). Information fbay about AA. contained in sermons Gaudenzi from Brescia (beginning. V c.), St. Peter Hrisologa, en. Ravenna ( 450) and Bishop. Maximus of Turin ( 465) and attributed to the last "Treatise on Baptism."
The invasion of the Lombards led to the forced removal of the bishops of Milan to Genoa (569-649). L. Duchesne and P. Léger refers to this period of introduction to the Milan liturgy Rome. anaphora. But A. Pared after WL Kennedy believed that the rim. the impact was limited only by the addition of approx. 570 in the anaphora of AA. Prayer Communicantes (lat.- With communication) at the beginning of the canon (unchangeable part anaphora) and Nobis quoque (and us) at the end of it. A source on the history of. this period is the anonymous "poem about the city of Mediolanum" (Ser. VII c.), "Explanation of the morning service," attributed to Bishop of Milan. Theodore II (732-746), Book of Baptism" Bishop. Odelberta of Milan (805-812), and others.
For the VIII-X vv.- Carolingian period - characterized by further strengthening of Rome. influence and systematization of AA. Landulf Senior fbay (XI c.) In the "history of Milan" attributes imp. Charlemagne ( 814) attempt to abolish AA. by destroying or "expulsion" of all traditions of Milan. liturgical books. However, an anonymous poem written in the Mon re Monte Cassino (Ms. 318), mentioned that UTI. Karl only limited the scope of A. o. Milan diocese, Valafrid Strabo about this incident fbay at all is silent (Paredi. Milanese rite. P. 840). To stake. VIII century. in the Ambrosian Sacramentarians were unified prayers of the liturgy, calendar introduced new forms of holidays borrowed from Gelasius Sacramentarians (VII-VIII cc.). Later twice audited Officio (succession services of the daily cycle): 1st time under the influence of Byzantine worship. rite, in the 2nd - the Benedictine liturgy (Schneider), as evidenced by the existence of different versions of the translation of the Psalms as part of the mass (using Vetus Latina ) and Officio (used t. n. An old Roman Psalter - option Vetus Latina fbay , amended Jerome on the Greek. Gekzapl text Origen (A. Nohe)). At this time, there were also monastic Ambrosian liturgical codes, indicating the growing influence of the monastic traditions of A.. (Borella. Influssi carolingi. P. 110-115).
Of the surviving early Ambrosian liturgical manuscripts date from basic IX-XII centuries. (Righetti. P. 175-177). Sacramentary contains prayers, Bible readings, the Ordinary and Canon of the Mass, the sacraments and the succession required. The manual were modified and the mass of the Officio (except biblical, hagiographic and patristic readings), and often nek- required. Psalms, the Bible also contain songs are sometimes included in the manual. Antiphonary represented notirovannyh a manual. Ritual contained succession of sacraments (except for the Eucharist) and demands; officials met episcopal service in some manuscripts. Calendar and ceremonial (ordinal) are combined in the composition of the caretaker of Milan Cathedral Berolda (beginning. XII c.), Was a description of the church year, and the rite.
From the XI-XVI centuries. preserved evidence of the spread of the A. outside Milan region .: in 1132-1134 gg. Canons of Ratisbon (present. Regensburg, Germany) and Paul Gebegard corresponded with Martin, keeper of the treasury of Milan Cathedral as well as Archbishop. Anselm for them to carry out the service of copies of the Ambrosian books; in the XIV century. imp. A. Charles IV brought about. at p. St. Ambrose in Prague; in the context. XVI century. nek- features of the A.. We present in the liturgy of Capua and Augsburg. At the same time, Rome attempted to forbid A. o. In the present. the time accuracy of the information about the attempts to abolish the A. o. undertaken with the popes Nicholas II and Gregory VII (2nd floor. XI c.), Eugene IV (at the initiative of the papal legate card. Branda da Castiglione, 1st floor. XV in .), is questioned (Paredi. La bib