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Also known as Amandus, Amandus of Maastricht

Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Amand
Saint.image
File:SoultzBains StMaurice 19.JPG
Saint.caption
St Amandus, Église Saint-Maurice
Saint.birth_date
584
Saint.birth_place
Lower Poitou, Neustria, France
Saint.death_date
679
Saint.death_place
Saint-Amand
Saint.feast_day
February 6 (formerly February 1 and October 26)
Saint.attributes
Chair, church, flag
Saint.patronage
Wine makers, Beer brewers, merchants, innkeepers, bartenders
Saint.venerated_in
Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Saint Amandus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Life
  • Veneration
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.

==Life== The chief source of details of his life is the Vita Sancti Amandi, an eighth-century text attributed to Beaudemond (). The vita was expanded by Philippe, abbot of Aumône. According to this biography, Amand was born in Lower Poitou. He was of noble birth but at the age of twenty, he became a monk on the Île d'Yeu, against the wishes of his family. His father threatened to disinherit him if he did not return home. From there Amandus went to Bourges and became a pupil of bishop Austregisilus. There he lived in solitude in a cell for fifteen years, living on no more than bread and water.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Amandus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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