Amelbert
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Saint Amelbert (d. c. 800) was a Bavarian priest and saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
As with other early medieval saints, his legend is difficult to confirm, but his Acta say that he was born into a family of knightly rank but refused to bear arms. His parents therefore gave him the task of tending the cows. They also sought to tempt him away from his chastity by sending a woman of loose sexual morals to tempt him, but he chased her off with a flaming stick. When his father died, Amelbert received his ordination and made the pilgrimage to Rome. He went back to his family's lands and set up a church there and became the minister to the people of the area.
His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is January 17.
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