Feastday: November 1
Patron: of invoked against fire, snakes and snake bites; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts; Auvergne; Riom
Death: 475
Patron against fire and snakes. Amabilis served at the Clermont Cathedral and then Auvergne. He gained a reputation for holiness and effectiveness against fire and snakes.
Saint Amabilis of Riom (or Amabilis of Auvergne) (French: Saint Amable, Italian: Sant'Amabile) was a French saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont.
He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom. He acquired a reputation for holiness in his lifetime.
Saint Amabilis is not to be confused with a female saint (also known as Saint Mable) with this name who died in 634 AD; she was the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king and became a nun at Saint-Amand monastery, Rouen. Her feast day is 11 July.
Veneration
La basilique Saint Amable, Riom.
Riom grew up around the collegiate church of Saint Amable, which was the object of pilgrimages.
