Saint
Amanse
A saint venerated at Reims, who died around 89, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
- Feast
- November 4old style November 17
- Reposed
- 891st century
Life
Saint Amanse was the third bishop of Reims, venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and the Orthodox Church.
According to tradition he was a disciple of the holy Apostle Peter and was ordained archbishop in the year 68. He shepherded the see for twenty-one years and reposed in the Lord on 4 November 89. He was buried in the church of Saints Sixtus and Sinicius at Reims. No successor of his is known until the time of Constantine (306). The reports about him come from the chronicle of Flodoard (tenth century). He is commemorated on 4 November, by the Western calendar.
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