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Saint Ame
Benedictine monk
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
567
Died
627
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the Vosges mountains in Neustria, also in France, Saint Amatus, priest and abbot, distinguished for austerity, fasting and desire for solitude, who wisely governed the monastery of Habend, which he had founded together with Saint Romaric.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 September as a priest and abbot who founded the monastery of Habend with Saint Romaric.
Connected on this site
- Eustace of Luxeuil Saint Teacher
- Romaric Saint Pupil
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2462380 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amatus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.