Sep 132010
![[Saint Amatus]](http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta2w.jpg "jpg detail from an antique holy card of Saint Amatus, artist unknown")
Also known as
- Aimé
- Amad
- Amat
- Amé
Profile
Born to the nobility. Entered the abbey of Saint Maurice of Agaune in Switzerland while still very young. Spent thirty years there as a schoolboy, Benedictine monk, and hermit. Accompanied Saint Eustace to Luxeuil Abbey in 614, and became a monk there. Brought the Merovingian nobleman Saint Romaric to the faith. Among his other charities, Romaric founded a Benedictine double monastery of Remiremont Abbey at Habendum in 620, and Amatus served as its first abbot.
Born
- 630 of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Amatus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 September 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-amatus/>