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Amoes
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 17 January (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
Amoes was a saint and hermit of the 4th century. Together with Achillas (Achilleus) he lived and prayed for many years in the Egyptian desert, and for this the two were called Flowers of the Desert by the Greek Church.
Summary translated from the Dutch Wikipedia article Amoes (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
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Amoes of Sketis — Egyptian desert hermit kept with St Achillas on 17 January — the feast given.
- Wikidata Q2075661 — 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.