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Amand de Bordeaux
French bishop
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 18 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
431
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bordeaux in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Amandus, bishop, who instructed Saint Paulinus of Nola in the doctrine of truth and baptised him, and was often praised by him.
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 18 June as a bishop of Bordeaux who instructed and baptised Saint Paulinus of Nola.
Connected on this site
- Paulinus of Nola Saint“At Bordeaux in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Amandus, bishop, who instructed Saint Paulinus of Nola in the doctrine of truth and baptised him, and was often praised by him.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q933438 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amandus of Bordeaux (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.