Saint Amand

Saint Amand

Saint Amand or Amandus (birth-name Jacob?) (c. 584 – 675) was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastrcht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint of France and Belgium.

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