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Amata
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 8 June (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
Amata was one of four nuns brought from the convent of San Sisto in Rome to train the new Dominican convent of St Agnes at Bologna, founded for Bd Diana d'Andalo in 1222.
Butler says nothing else is known of her. She was buried in Diana's tomb and beatified with Diana and Cecilia in 1891.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the first Dominican nuns of St Agnes at Bologna.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, ed. Thurston and Attwater (1956), vol. II - 9 June
- Wikidata Q18225240 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.