![[Saint Amand of Maastricht]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-amand-of-maastricht/saint-amand-of-maastricht-01.jpg "Saint Amand of Maastricht")
Also known as
- Amand of France
- Amandus of Maastricht
- Amantius of Maastricht
- Apostle of Flanders
- 6 February
- formerly 1 February
Profile
Lived some time as a hermit, then became a monk at age 20 at the Abbey of Saint Martin at Tours, France. When he took the cowl, his family tried to kidnap him to bring him home for “deprogramming”, but failed. Given a commission to wander and preach, he evangelized in France, Flanders, Carinthia, Gascony, and Germany, sometimes getting beaten by the locals for his trouble. Bishop of Maastricht, Netherlands in 649. Founded several monasteries and convents. Abbot of the monastery at Elnone-en-Pevele, France. Friend and spiritual director of Saint Humbert of Pelagius, and was assisted in his work by Saint Acharius. In his declining years he retired to Elnon Abbey and ended his days as a prayerful monk. His association with brewers and vintners and related fields comes from spending so much time preaching and teaching in beer-making and wine-making regions.
Born
- bar staff
- barkeepers
- bartenders
- Boy Scouts
- brewers
- Flanders, Belgium
- hotel keepers
- innkeepers
- merchants
- vine growers
- vintners
- wine-makers
- wine merchants
- chair
- church
- flag
- holding a church
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by T J Campbell
- Catholic Online
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Ravenstein
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Wikipedia
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