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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day August 17 Saint Amor Saint Amor of Amorbach, Abbot   Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Teramo Blessed Andovera, Queen and Martyr Blessed Beatrix da Silva Meneses   Saint Clare of Montefalco Erlefrid, Abbot Saint Eusebius, Pope Saint Hyacinth of Silesia Saint Jero, Priest and Martyr   Venerable Karlmann, Religious   Blessed Ludo, Cistercian Lay Brother Saint Mamas, Martyr   Blessed Marie-Elisabeth Turgeon, Foundress   Saint Myron, Priest and Martyr Paula, Virgin of Geneva Saints Benedicta, Cecilia, and Relindis of Susteren, Virgins Saint Liberatus, Abbot, and Six Monks, Martyrs Saints Paul and Juliana, Martyrs Saint Straton and Companions, Martyrs -1708-

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 17th of August WELCOME! SAINT AMOR OF AMORBACH, ABBOT St Amor (or, as he is also called, Amator) came from Scotland according to some, and from Aquitaine in southern France according to others, and had St Pirmin as teacher, who apparently led him to the monastic seclusion.  HE OFFERED HIS SERVICES When St Pirmin preached the teaching of Jesus in the Odenwald region, St Amor, with some other monks, went to see him and offered him his services.  He shone like a benevolent star in those regions and strove, together with the holy Bishop Burchard of Würzburg, to expand the kingdom of God through the conversion of the Odenwald inhabitants. HE FOUNDED THE FAMOUS BENEDICTINE MONASTERY AT AMORBACH St Amor founded the famous Benedictine monastery at Amorbach, which he named, whose former abbots shone on the episcopal see of Verden with their virtues. He died in 767 or 777 and has always been publicly venerated in his monast...