Amabilis of Riom

:"Saint Amabilis redirects here. There is a female saint (also known as Saint Mable) with this name who died in 634 AD; she was the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king and became a nun at Saint-Amand, Rouen. Her feast day is July 11."

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name= Saint Amabilis
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death_date=475 AD
feast_day= November 1; October 18 [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/74370 Sant' Amabile di Rium ] ]
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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attributes= bishop listening to an angel playing music [ [http://saints.sqpn.com/saintaik.htm Patron Saints Index: Saint Amabilis ] ]
patronage=invoked against fire, snakes and snake bites [ [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1293 St. Amabilis - Catholic Online ] ] ; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts; Auvergne; Riom [ [http://saints.sqpn.com/saintaik.htm Patron Saints Index: Saint Amabilis ] ]
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Saint Amabilis of Riom (or "Amabilis of Auvergne") ( _fr. Saint Amable, _it. Sant'Amabile) was a French saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04053a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Clermont ] ]

He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom. He acquired a reputation for holiness in his lifetime.

Veneration

Riom grew up around the collegiate church of Saint Amable, which was the object of pilgrimages.

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