Arnaud Amalric
French archbishop
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Arnaud Amalric (Latin: Arnoldus Amalricus; died 1225), also known as Arnaud Amaury, was a Cistercian abbot who played a prominent role in the Albigensian Crusade. It is purported that prior to the massacre of Béziers, Amalric, when asked how to distinguish Cathars from Catholics, responded, "Kill them [all], for God knows which are His own."
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Santi e Beati — Beato Arnaldo Amalrico (Arnaud Amaury), vescovo — 'Francia o Catalogna, circa 1160 - Abbazia di Fontfroide, Narbona, 29 settembre 1225, festa 30 luglio' — dates and feast match.
- Wikidata Q452773 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Arnaud Amalric (CC BY-SA)
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