Saint Amatus of Sion

Memorial

• 13 September

Profile

Monk. Abbot at Agaunum, Switzerland. Bishop of Sion, Switzerland. Due to a false accusation, he was exiled from his see, first to Péronne, France, and then Breuil, France; in both places he lived as a model, prayerful monk.

Died

• 690 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Amatus of Sion”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-amatus-of-sion/>