Amator of Troyes

Saint Amator (in French Amateur or Amadour) was the first known bishop of Troyes, in the time of the emperor Constans I. He died around the year 340. He is commemorated on 1 May, the day on which the Breviary of Troyes mentions him.

The name of the first bishop of Troyes is known, but the date of the founding of the diocese is not. It probably followed the Edict of Milan of 313, issued by the emperor Constantine. According to the historian Jean Charles Courtalon-⁠Delaistre, Conflantin, head of the see of Sens, proposed that the clergy and citizens of Troyes choose a bishop for themselves, and he himself ordained the man chosen.

We have no further details of his life or work.