Of the 91 Epistles considered
genuine by the Benedictine Editors, sixty-three are referred by them
to fairly certain dates, This is really in excess of the number which are now to
be considered as fixed in date. and a large number of these
would well be worth translation, throwing as they do so clear a light on
the events of St. Ambrose’s life, and in many cases on the history
of the period. Only a few are here presented to the reader.