This article is not about St. Aimé, who is also called Saint Amatus and has the same memorial day

Saint Amatus, also called Saint Ame, was a Benedictine

Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...

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Monk

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Saint Amatus was a Benedictine abbot and hermit. He was born to a noble family in Grenoble, France, and was put in the Maurice Abbey as a child. After becoming a Benedictine monk, he became a hermit.

He went to Luxeuil in 614. In Luxeuil he converted a former Count Palatine

Count palatine

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 from the court of King Theodebert II, the Frankish

Franks

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 noble St. Romaric

Romaric

Saint Romaric was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia from the late 6th century until the middle of the 7th century. He was a former Count Palatine in the court of the Merovingian king, Theodebert II. His parents were killed by Queen Brunhilda and because of the enmity of his family with...

. St. Romaric founded with Amatus a dual monastery

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 for men and women at Remiremont Abbey

Remiremont Abbey

Remiremont Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near Remiremont, Vosges, France.-History:It was founded about 620 by Romaric, a lord at the court of Chlothar II, who, having been converted by Saint Ame, a monk of Luxeuil, took the habit at Luxeuil...

. This was on land that had been in St. Romaric's possession since his days as a count palatine. St. Amatus was its first abbot.

Amatus died in 627. His memorial day is September 13.