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SAINT AMANDUS, HERMIT

Saint Junianus is mentioned on June 25 (v. 78) in the life of St Amandus of Gemelay (Gimeliacum) by the old Bollandists* as his pupil. However, the Neo-Bollandists* prove in the life of Saint Junianus (October 16 - VIII. 835) that the Bollandists Henschenius and Papebroch (the latter completed the life of St Amandus after the former's death), were mistaken on several occasions. They mixed up different saints of the same names. Listed by them are Amandus and Domnolenus Gimeliacum). One Domnolenus, on the other hand, the is in fact from  Limoges (Lemovicum). He was buried in the church of St Gregory next to the monastery of St Andrew. Furthermore, St Amandus of Genouillac (Genuliacum, Genoliacum) is venerated in the Diocese of Perigord (Petragoricum), from whom the French towns of Saint Dampnoles, Saint Anolet and Saint Andelain take their names.

This St Amandus Genuliacensis is different from St Amandus Commodoliacensis or San-Junianensis, the teacher of St Junianus, for that St Amandus was, according to Labbeus*, a very noble soldier from the mountains of Limoges, who first led a monastic life in Genouillac under King Chlothar and Abbot Savalus, but afterwards went with St Sorus and Cyprian to a lonely region between the rivers la Vésère (Visera) and Dordogne (Dordonia). In a place where an Abbatia S. Amandi de Coli had still existed in the previous century, he commenced a penitential life as a hermit. He probably also presided over several disciples and eventually died piously towards the end of the 6th century (after the year 580). St Amandus, the teacher of St Junian, who died around the year 500 and is venerated with him at St Junian (Commodoliacus) in the French diocese of Limoges, Dep. Haute-Vienne.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, pp. 544-45)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Amandus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

















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