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The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Amatus
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M.

St. Amatus

September 13

Amatus was born into a noble family of Grenoble, France, and placed into St. Maurice Abbey as a small child. After becoming a Benedictine monk, Amatus lived as a hermit, going to Luxeuil Monastery in 614. While at Luxeuil, Amatus converted a Merovingian noble named Romaric. This convert founded a double monastery in 620, and Amatus became its first abbot.  His feast is kept on September 13.

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