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Homer Simpson said "I feel like St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion by Ambrose of Milan". However, Augustine says his conversion was a miracle which happened when he was alone. Is Homer wrong, or does the credit really go to Ambrose (and the "miracle" was just a rhetorical creation)?

by /u/fan_of_the_pikachu in /r/AskHistorians

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