Autpert Ambrose was an eighth-century Frankish Benedictine monk and theologian who served as the abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in southern Italy. Born in Provence, he moved to Italy to pursue his spiritual and intellectual development, eventually being ordained a priest. His leadership as abbot was marked by political tension between Frankish and Lombard factions, which eventually forced him to flee the monastery. He died in 784 while traveling to Rome, where he had been summoned by Charlemagne to resolve these internal conflicts.