Saint Amand
Confessor, apostle of Flanders, born Nantes, France, 594; died monastery of Elnon (now Saint Amand), 684.
Clotaire II sent him to Flanders; his monasteries at Ghent and Mount Blandin were the first in Belgium.
For a while bishop of Maastricht, he later labored in the Basque country (Navarre), returned to Belgium, and founded several other monasteries.
Patron of inn-keepers, wine-merchants, brewers, and Boy Scouts.
Emblems: church, chair, flag.
Relics at Saint Amand.
Feast, 6 February.
New Catholic Dictionary
