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Amator of Auxerre
Bishop of Auxerre
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 1 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
344
Died
418
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
600
unverified
Who they were
At Auxerre in France, Saint Amator, bishop, who worked to root out pagan superstitions from his city and established there the veneration of the holy martyrs.
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 1 May as a bishop of Auxerre who rooted out pagan superstitions and established the veneration of the martyrs.
Connected on this site
- Germanus of Auxerre Saint Pupil
- Valerianus of Auxerre Saint Teacher
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2670157 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amator (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.