Saint
Amarant of Moissac
A saint of Moissac in France, who reposed in 722.
- Reposed
- 7228th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Amarant of Moissac was a Benedictine monk, abbot of Moissac and bishop of Albi, and reposed in 722. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church.
He was a monk at Moissac, now in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, where he was elected abbot after Patern and remained so until 689 or 700, when he was named bishop of Albi. He succeeded Citruinus in the see, before the Muslim invasion of the city, and withstood the siege. In 722 he was succeeded by Hugh I.
The sources say no more of his deeds or of his day of commemoration.