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Amantius of Limoges
hermit near Limoges
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the territory of Limoges in Aquitaine, now in France, Saints Amantius and his disciple Junianus, hermits.
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 16 October as a hermit in the territory of Limoges, with his disciple Junianus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Re992aa0a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.