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Autpert Ambrose
Frankish Benedictine monk
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Feast: 19 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
730
Died
784
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Ambrose Autpert was a Benedictine writer born in France early in the eighth century. He spent many years at the famous monastery of St. Vincent on the Volturno, near Benevento in southern Italy, and died there as its abbot in 778 or 779, after little more than a year in that office.
Charlemagne made use of his talents and the pope protected him. His chief work is a commentary on the Apocalypse.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe any miracles or a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
An eighth-century Benedictine abbot and writer on the Apocalypse.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Ambrose Autpert
- Wikidata Q459604 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Autpert Ambrose (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.