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Amador of Portugal
Portuguese saint
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Feast: 27 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Amador of Portugal or of Guarda (unknown dates of birth and death during the middle ages) was a hermit from Portugal. He was venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and his feast day is celebrated on 27 March.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Saint Amador' — Nominis carries 'Saint Amador'; the hermit of Guarda in Portugal is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church with a feast on 27 March, the date in the entry.
- Wikidata Q4739084 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amador of Portugal (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.