Amos the Prophet

Memorial

• 31 March
• 14 June (Greek calendar)

Profile

Eighth-century BC shepherd at Koa near Bethlehem. Of himself he said, “I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.” One of the Old Testament Minor Prophets, the book of Amos is one long denunciation of evildoers.

Died

• scourged, and then an iron spike driven through his temples

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Amos the Prophet”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 July 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/amos-the-prophet/>