Saint Amaro was born in Rome and entered religious life very early. Spiritual son and great friend of Saint Benedict, he became a Benedictine at just 12 years of age. Santo Amaro was an example of silence and also of correspondence to the demands of monastic life. A life of austerity, action and prayer; “ora et labora” indeed.
The miracle of Saint Amaro
A great friend of Saint Benedict, he lived moments that were recorded. Saint Gregory was the one who left the testimony that, once, Saint Benedict, through revelation, knew that a young man was about to drown in a pond. He told the then disciple Amaro to go and meet that young man. He was. Without realizing it, with such obedience, he walked on the water and saved that young man; Only later did he realize that the miracle had happened.
Vocation to holiness
Saint Amaro was the one who succeeded São Bento in Subiaco, when he went to Monte Casino. He was an example of virtue, obedience and openness to the action of the Holy Spirit. Prayed against colds, rheumatism and gout, against muscle pain, Santo Amaro became much loved by the people and venerated as a miracle worker saint. On the trip to France, the miracle of the multiplication of loaves is told in a poor convent that welcomed him, the symbol of the Eucharist and charity is clear here.
On January 15, 584, at the age of 72, Saint Amaro died. But, to this day, he is revered as an example of holiness and obedience.
