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Blessed Amadeus of Clermont

14 January

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Lord of Hauterives, Drôme, France. Father of Blessed Amadeus of Lausanne. With 16 of his men, he retired to become a Cistercian monk at Bonnevaux Abbey, and then he and his son moved to Cluny Abbey, both in France. Founded monasteries at Léoncel, Mazan, Montperout, and Tamis.

Born

Hauterives, Drôme, France

c.1150 at the monastery at Bonnevaux, France of natural causes

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

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