Amandus of Strasbourg

Saint Amandus was, around 346, the first bishop of Strasbourg. He lived from about 290 to 355 and is commemorated on 26 October, both at Strasbourg and at Mainz.

Little is known of him. He is recorded as a participant in the council of Serdica (today Sofia), around 342-343 or 343-344, and in the synod of the Gallic bishops at Cologne in 346. His Latin name, Amandus, means "worthy of love". His episcopate is usually placed between 344 and 346, or even as late as 359, and his death around 355, probably at Strasbourg.

His veneration is attested from the tenth century. Bishop Udo IV of Strasbourg (died 965) is thought to have written a Life of the saint. His relics are kept in the old church of Saint Peter in Strasbourg, and in 1970 a new church, Saint-⁠Amand, was built in the city in honour of the first bishop, on the site of the old one.