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Amaro
saint
SaintFrancePre-congregation
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1300
Died
1300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Amaro of Burgos was a French pilgrim to Santiago venerated in Burgos, where he is remembered for devoting himself to caring for the sick. He is traditionally regarded as a saint in Catholicism and is celebrated on 10 May.
Summary translated from the Portuguese Wikipedia article Amaro de Burgos (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
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Parroquia de San Antonio Abad y Nuestra Señora de El Pilar, Burgos — 'San Amaro peregrino' — Living Catholic veneration in the archdiocese of Burgos: a nine-day novena with daily Mass and confessions and a solemn Eucharist for San Amaro Peregrino, whose hermitage stands by the Hospital del Rey on the Camino; feast 10
- Wikidata Q5671878 — 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.