Friend and spiritual advisor of Saint Humbert of Pelagius and Saint Bavo. Assisted in his work by Saint Acharius.
Amand is the Roman Catholic Patron Saint of all that produce beer, from brewers and vintners to bartenders: brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, and the patron of Boy Scouts.
Amand was a tireless preacher, a wandering saint who worked as far afield as Flanders, among the Slavs of Carinthia along the River Danube, among the Basques in Navarre, and possibly in Gascony.
Saint Jerome place her death in Cappadocia during the persecution of Diocletian, Saint Dorothy's name is unknown in Eastern calendars.
Saint Remigius in the conversion of the Franks, was instrumental in the conversion of Clovis I to Christianity.
Apparently of noble birth, Amand was born in Lower Poitou.
Amand was also commissioned to call councils in Neustria and Austrasia in order to pass on to the bishops of Gaul decrees enacted at Rome; the bishops in turn required Amand to pass back to Rome the acts of the councils.
Amand is the patron saint of all who produce beer: brewers, innkeepers and bartenders (and presumably also hopgrowers).
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