LC control no. | nr 88003687 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 |
Variant(s) | Amand, Saint, ca. 584-ca. 676 Amand, Saint, ca. 589-ca. 678 Amandus, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 |
Birth date | 0584~ |
Death date | 0676~ |
Found in | Abou-El-Haj, B.F. The first illustrated life of Saint Amand, 1975. New Catholic enc., 1967: v. 1, p. 365 (Amandus, St., apostle of Belgium, b. Aquitaine late 6th cent., d. Feb. 6, after 676) Butler. Lives of the saints, 1956: Feb. 6 (St. Amand, Bishop, d. ca. 679; b. ca. 584; said, though it is doubtful, that he was chosen Bishop of Maestrict in 649, but resigned 3 yrs. later; founded monasteries including one at Elnone (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux) near Tournai; d. soon after 676) Oxford dict. of saints, 1992 (Amand, c. 584-c. 675; monk and missionary in Flanders and No. France; consecrated bishop in 628 without fixed see; founded monastery at Elnon, later called Saint-Amand, near Tournai; abbot of Elnon for at least his last four years) Abou-El-Haj, B.F. The medieval cult of saints, 1994: p. 63 (Amand, d. 675 or 676, bishop of Maastricht and founder and first abbot of Elnone) LC data base, 01-11-96 (old cat. hdg.: Amand, Saint, ca. 589-ca. 678) |