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Saint of the Day – 26 November – St Amator (3rd Century) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 26 November – St Amator (3rd Century) Bishop of Autun, France. Also known as – Amatore, Amatoris.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Autun, St Amator, Bishop.”

The Last Judgement at Autun Cathedral

St Jerome’s Martyrology commigrates ‘the death of Saint Amatoris Bishop’ in Autun on 26 November and the same ‘death of Saint Amatoris Bishop’ in Auxerre on 1 May. Since the word ‘Bishop‘ is omitted in the Epternacense Codex in the commemoration of 26 November and the Martyrology appears misleading, the Bollandists, in their commentary on the Roman Martyrology, express the opinion that Amator, the Bishop of Autun, never existed and the Diocese was erroneously inserted instead of Auxerre. Baronius also shows little belief in the existence of this Bishop of Autun. Furthermore, the records of his correspondence with Pope Silverius (536-537) is legendary.

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