Amandus of Worms

Saint Amandus of Worms, hierarch, was bishop of Worms in the 6th or 7th century and is venerated as a saint, protector of the diocese and the city of Worms. He is remembered on 26 October in the Western calendar.

The sources about him are extremely scanty; his origin and dates are unclear, and tradition preserves the memory of a holy life. He is mentioned in a falsified 10th-⁠century document, regarded in substance as largely accurate, which shows him around 628 as the recipient of the place Ladenburg, given to the diocese of Worms by King Dagobert I (or, on another reading, by Dagobert III, who reigned 711 to 715).

His second successor in the see of Worms, Saint Rupert, greatly venerated him and, around 700, took most of his relics to Salzburg, where he also established the veneration of the bishop of Worms. His bones are there still.