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Amarant de Moissac
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Born
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unknown
Died
722
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Amarand of Moissac was a Benedictine monk, abbot of Moissac and bishop of Albi, venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. He was elected abbot of Moissac after Paternus and served until 689-700, when he was named bishop of Albi, succeeding Citruinus there before the Muslim invasion and siege of the city. He was succeeded in 722 by Hugh I.
Summary translated from the Catalan Wikipedia article Amarant de Moissac (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Nominis — Saint Amaranthe, martyr dans le Tarn — Martirologio Romano, 7 November: 'Presso Albi in Aquitania... commemorazione di sant'Amaranto, martire' — the martyr whose veneration is kept at Moissac/Albi. Date given on the page (722) does not match the martyrology (3rd c.
- Wikidata Q16165604 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.