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SAINT AMANDUS, BISHOP OF STRASBOURG - 26 OCTOBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 26th of October SAINT AMANDUS, BISHOP OF STRASBOURG Saint Amandus, bishop of Strasbourg and apostle of Alsace is documented to have attended a council at Cologne in A.D. 346. He died about the middle of the fourth century. The church of Strasbourg celebrates his memory on October 26. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) 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.