Another council was held at Milan in 451, convoked by Eusebius, bishop of Milan, at the request of St. Leo the Great. All the suffragans of Milan were present, in all twenty bishops, among whom were Crispinus of Pa- via, IMaximus of Turin, Abundius of Como, Optatianus of I3rcscia. The letter of the pope to Eusebius was read ; the legates then made a report of what was pass- ing in the East, and especially of the miseries existing from the acts of the Latrocinium at Ephesus ; after- wards the celebrated letter of St. Leo to Flavianus was read, and the council unanimously declared that it con- tained the true doctrine of the Catholic Church upon the subject of tlie Incarnation (q. v.), and that it was built upon the teachings of the prophets, evangelists, and apostles. At the same time they decreed that all who should oppose this doctrine should be anathema- tized. Finally, a synodal letter was addressed to the pope filled with expressions of esteem and respect (Man- si, ii, 78 sq.; Hefele, Concilienyeschichte, ii, 374 sq.). In A.D. 679 pope Agatho summoned a council at Milan to condemn anew the heresy of Monothelism (q. v.) (Man- si, xi, 174; Hefele, iii, 228). The provincial synods of A.U. 842, 8(50, 880, and 1009 have no bearing" upon the general history of the Church, but those interested in these are referred to Mansi, xiv, 790 ; xv, 590 ; xvii, 535, and xix, 310 ; Hefele, iv, 99, 217, 770. Septem- ber 12, 1287, a synod was held by Otto, the archbishop, assisted by eight of his suffragans, and the deputies of all the chapters of the prnvince. Ten canons were pub- lished, in which tiK'v nrdered the observation of the pa- pal constitutions, and the laws of the emperor Frederick II against heretics. Abbots and abbesses, monks and nuns, were ordered to observe the rule of St. Benedict or that of St. Augustine, and monks were forbidden to enter nunneries. The power of building churches and orato- ries was declared to be solely in the hands of the bishop (Mansi, xxiv, 868 sq. ; Hefele, vi, 225 ; Muratori, Rev. Ital. vol. iv). From 1565 to 1582 six provincial councils were held at Milan. For information concerning their enactments, see Concil. xv, 242. :!:i7. :!('.:> si]., 408, 556, 706; Jo. Harduini Acta, x, 633, 1 1 lo; ( hii-t.Wilhelm- Franz Walch, J'Jntwurf einer viilhtandiyi ii llistorie der Kirchenrersammlungen (Leipsic, 1759). (J. II.W.)
Milanese Liturgy. The Liturgy of Milan, com- monly attributed to Ambrose, is substantially the same as that of Rome until the time of Gregory the Great, and appears to have been derived from the same origin. " In the time of Gregory, the Church of Milan did not adopt the chief alteration made by him. F^rom that time, if not previously, the Liturgy of Milan began to be considered a peculiar rite ; and as the Romans gave their sacramciitaries the names of Gelasius and Gregory, so the Milanese gave theirs tlie name of Ambrose; who, in fact, may have composed some parts of it. After the time of Gregory, the Milan Liturgy doubtless received several additions. The earliest ecclesiastical writer who has been cited as speaking of the Ambrosian rite is Wa- lofred Strabo, who died A.D. 849" (Riddle, Christian Antiquities, p. 417), See Liturgy.
Milani, Aureliano, nephew of the following, was born at Bologna, Italy, in 1675. He painted in the style of Caracci, and, next to Carlo Cignani, no one did more to maintain the dignity and credit of the Bolognese school. Lanzi says he was not so excellent in his col- oring. His principal works in Bologna are the Resur- rection, in the church of La Purita ; the Stoning of St. Stephen^,^ in St, INIascarella ; and St. Jerome, in Sta, Maria della Vita. He afterwards went to Rome, where his finest work is the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, in the church of the Bergamaschi. He died in 1749. See Lanzi, History of Painting, traiisl. by Roscoe (London, 1847,3vols. 8vo), iii,]52.
Milani, Giulio Cesare, a Bolognese painter,
who was born in 1621, executed many works for the churches in Bologna and the adjacent cities. His finest productions are the MaiTiage of the Virgin, in the church of St. Giuseppe ; St. A ntonio di Padova, in St. Maria del Costello ; and a Holy Family, at the Lervi. According to Lanzi, " he was the most eminent of Tor- re's disciples, and was rather admired in the churches of Bologna, and extolled in many adjacent states," He died in 1678. See Lanzi, History of Painting, transl. by Roscoe (Lond. 1847, 3 vols. 8vo), iii, 107 ; Spooner, Biog. History of the Fine Arts (N. Y. 1865, 2 vols. 8vo).
Miltipurne, Luke, an English divine, was born at Wroxhall, Warwickshire. He was educated at Pem- broke Hall, Cambridge, after which he became rector of St. Ethelburga, London, and lecturer of Shorcditch in 1704. He died April 13, 1720. He published thirty- one single sermons between 1692 and 1720 ; several the- ological treatises, poems, etc. ; and the following work, by whicli he is best known : Notes on Dryden's Virgil (Lond. 1698). Among Milbourne's theological works, we regard as the most important his Legacy to the Church of England (new ed. 1726, 2 vols. 8vo), in which he vindicates her orders from the objections of Papists" and Dissenters. This worii, it is stated, was undertaken by the special command of archbishop Sancmfr and Dr. Lloyd, bishop of Norwich. See Cooper, /)■/.//'"/"''• /•'"''. p. 8"06; Ellis, Hist, of Shoreditch ; Malonc's !)ri/.hii. i, 214; iv, 033, 645; Johnson, Lives of the Poets, ed, Cun- ningham, i, 371 sq. ; Allibone, Diet, of Authois, ii, 1277.