What Is the Ambrosian Rite?

The Ambrosian Rite, also called the Milanese Rite, is a Catholic Western liturgical rite. The rite is named after Saint Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the fourth century.

What is Ambrosian Mass?

Ambrosian chant, monophonic, or unison, chant that accompanies the Latin mass and canonical hours of the Ambrosian rite. The word Ambrosian is derived from St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan (374–397), from which comes the occasional designation of this rite as Milanese.

What is the faro in the Ambrosian rite?

Ambrosian chant is distinct from Gregorian chant. Some senior priests (notably Provosts and certain Canons) are entitled to wear vestments commonly associated with bishops, including the mitre. The liturgical burning of the faro (a large cotton sphere suspended in the air, inside the church) on feasts of martyrs.