Saint Amantius of Tivoli

Memorial

• 10 June

Profile

Public convert to Christianity with his brother Saint Getulius. With Getulius he retired to the country of the Sabines. Emperor Hadrian sent the guards Caerealis and Primitivus to arrest the two; instead, the brothers converted the guards. Emperor Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.

Died

• clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Amantius of Tivoli”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 November 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-amantius-of-tivoli/>