Saint Amatus, also called St. Aimé or Aimé of
Sion
Sion may refer to
* an alternative transliteration of Zion
People
* Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name
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, was a
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monk.
Life
Born of a wealthy family, Aimé took the monastic habit at the
Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum
The Abbey of Saint Maurice, Agaunum (french: Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune or ''Saint-Maurice-en-Valais'') is a Swiss monastery of canons regular in Saint-Maurice, Canton of Valais, which dates from the 6th century. It is situated against a c ...
, where with the leave of the abbot, he dwelt in a little cell cut in a rock, with an oratory adjoining, which is now called our Lady's in the rock.
[Butler, Alban. “Saint Amatus, Bishop and Confessor”. ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints'', 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 September 2013]
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About the year 669, after serving as abbot
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Amatus was chosen bishop of Sion
Sion may refer to
* an alternative transliteration of Zion
People
* Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name
Plac ...
, in the Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
. He was an accomplished pastor, and here he was abled to distribute alms more plentifully among the poor. He had governed his diocese almost five years, when certain calumnies were spread about him. It was said that he had spoken negatively concerning the Mayor of the Palace, Ebroin
Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the aut ...
. Despite the fact that no synod had been assembled to hear him, no sentence of deposition issued out, nor had he been charged with any crime, King Theuderic III
Theuderic III (or Theuderich, Theoderic, or Theodoric; french: Thierry) (c. 651–691) was the king of Neustria (including Burgundy) on two occasions (673 and 675–691) and king of Austrasia from 679 to his death in 691. Thus, he was the king of ...
banished him to Saint Fursey
Saint Fursey (also known as Fursa, Fursy, Forseus, and Furseus: died 650) was an Irish monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia. He reportedly experienced angelic visions of the aft ...
’s monastery at Péronne, where Ultan, the abbot, received him with all respect. Relieved of the responsibility of managing a diocese, Bishop Aimé found tranquility in exile.[
After the death of Ultan, Abbot Mauront was charged with the custody of the bishop, and took him first to the monastery of Hamaye; but soon after built a new abbey upon an estate of his own, at a place called Breüil in Flanders. Aimé removed with him to Breüil. Mauront welcomed him as a guest, and delegated to him the government of that abbey. Aimé, having settled the house in excellent order, shut himself up in a little cell near the church. Thus he lived five years with these monks, and died in 690.][
Some time before his death in 691, Theuderic came to regret his treatment of Aimé, and in satisfaction made several donations to the abbey of Breüil.
Around 700 ]Saint Bain
Saint Bain (or Bainus, Bagne, Bagnus; died ), a disciple of Saint Vandrille, was a bishop of Thérouanne in northwest France, and then abbot of the monastery of Saint Wandrille in Normandy. His feast day is 20 June.
Monks of Ramsgate account
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translated the body of St. Amatus from Merville to the church which St. Maurout had built at Douay.
Other uses
Places, presumably named after the Saint
* Saint-Aimé, the colonial name of Djidioua (Algeria) in French
See also
* Saint Ame
::''This article is not about St. Aimé, who is also called ''Saint Amatus'' and has the same memorial day''
Saint Amatus, (c.560-c.627)) also called Amatus of Grenoble or Saint Ame or Aimee, was a Colombanian monk and hermit. Together with St ...
, of Grenoble, a Benedictine abbot and hermit who is also called ''Saint Amatus'' and has the same memorial day.
* Saint-Amé, a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
References
690 deaths
7th-century Frankish saints
Benedictine saints
Swiss Benedictines
Year of birth unknown
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