Amalia (d. 690)
Amalia (d. 690)
Flemish saint. Name variations: Amaliaburga or Amelia. Born in Brabant; died in Flanders in 690; related to Pepin I of Landin.
Married before becoming a Benedictine nun, is the patron saint of arm pain and bruises, and is usually depicted standing on a large fish, thought to be a sturgeon; her relics have been kept in St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent since 1073. Feast day is July 10.
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