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Amanus, Or Hamanus (the Sun), an ancient deity of the Persians, mentioned by Strabo, the same as the Phoenician Baal. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amanuensis Jer 36:4; Jer 45:1 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Amantius is the name of two saints commemorated in old Roman martyrologies one a martyr at Rome, Feb. 10; the other of Noyon, June 6. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amano Watta in Japanese mythology, is a cave in Japan in a mountain of the province Isje, near the ocean, in which the highest of their gods, Ten-Sio-Dai-Dun, hid himself in order to prove that he was the supreme god from whom all light comes; for when he had hidden himself, the light of the … Continue reading “Amano Watta”

Amani is a holy book of the Moslems, which contains precepts for a well-ordered, rational mode of living. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amandus Zierixensis so called from his native place, Zierikzee, in the isle of Schouwen, in Zealand, was born in the 15th century, and died at Louvain in 1534. Being a good Hebrew and Greek scholar, he was regarded as an ornament of the Franciscan Order, in which he labored as priest, preacher, and later as … Continue reading “Amandus Zierixensis”

Amandus, St was born in Bordeaux, and was ordained priest by St. Delphinus, bishop of that city, and was godfather to St. Paulinus. In 404 he succeeded Delphinus in the see, and it is said that when St. Severinus (q.v.) retired to Bordeaux, Amandus, through extreme humility, compelled him to take charge of the government … Continue reading “Amandus, St”

Amandus, Saint One of the great apostles of Flanders; born near Nantes, in France, about the end of the sixth century. He was, apparently, of noble extraction. When a youth of twenty, he fled from his home and became a monk near Tours, resisting all the efforts of his family to withdraw him from his … Continue reading “Amandus, Saint”

Amandus, Johann doctor of theology and superintendent at Goslar, where he died, in 1530, was formerly a Romish priest, but soon embraced the doctrine of the’Lutheran Reformation. He was called as first Lutheran pastor to Konigsberg, where he preached his first sermon, Nov. 29, 1523. He soon came in conflict with his colleague Brissmann, whom … Continue reading “Amandus, Johann”

Amandus, Hermann was a Franciscan, professor of theology, and provincial of the province of St. Wenceslaus, in Bohemia. His works are, Philosophia ad Mentem Augustini Bernardi et Scoti (1676, 4 vols. fol.): Tractatus Theologicus in lib. 1 Sententiarum, etc. (Cologne, 1690, fol.): Commentaria in lib. 4 Sententiarum, etc. (ibid. eod. fol.): Ethica Sacsra Speculativo- practica, … Continue reading “Amandus, Hermann”