Amabilis of Riom
Amabilis | |
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| Died | 475 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 1 November; 18 October[1] |
| Attributes | bishop listening to an angel playing music[2] |
| Patronage | invoked against fire, snakes and snake bites;[3] also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts; Auvergne; Riom[2] |
Amabilis of Riom (or Amabilis of Auvergne) (French: Saint Amable, Italian: Sant'Amabile) was a Gallo-Roman saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont.[4]
He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom. He acquired a reputation for holiness in his lifetime.
Amabilis is not to be confused with a female saint (also known as Saint Mable) with this name who died in 634 AD; she was the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king and became a nun at Saint-Amand monastery, Rouen. Her feast day is 11 July.
Veneration
Riom grew up around the collegiate church of Saint Amable, which was the object of pilgrimages.
References
- ^ Sant' Amabile di Rium
- ^ a b "Patron Saints Index: Saint Amabilis". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ St. Amabilis - Catholic Online
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Clermont
