Amandus of Strasbourg

Amandus (lat. The lovable , * around 290; † around 355 probably in Strasbourg ) was a saint and first bishop of Strasbourg.

The name is mentioned as a participant in the Council of Serdica (around 342/343), but without naming a diocese, and the (fictitious) synod of the Gallic bishops in Cologne (346). This synod is a compilation from medieval Trier and has no authentic source value. His veneration can be traced back to Strasbourg in the 10th century. The authenticity of the relics now kept in the Old St. Peter Church in Strasbourg is disputed. Remembrance day (in Strasbourg and Mainz ) is October 26th.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jean Gaudemet : Conciles gaulois du IVe siècle , Paris, Sources chrétiennes, 1977
2. ↑ Georges Monchamp: Pour l'authenticité des actes du concile de Cologne de 346, in: Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique : Bulletin de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques et de la Classe des Beaux-Arts 4th sér. Vol. 1902, 245-279 (275-279)
3. ↑ Hans Werner Nopper: Die vorbonifatianischen Mainz Bishops , Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-8311-2429-9

swell

• AM Burg: Amandus , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church (²LthK), Sp. 417.
• Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints: Amandus of Strasbourg
• Médard Barth: On the cult of St. Bishops Amandus v. Strasbourg, Maastricht a. Worms in the German language area , in: FDA 91, 1971, 5-64