Amata

Amata, OP was a Dominican nun who co-founded the Convent of St. Agnes in Bologna, Italy.

Biography Little is known of Amata, although she is always associated with Diana degli Andalò and Cecilia Cesarini. Modern historians claim she did not exist, but her relics are buried with her companions at Bologna. There was another Amata, who was healed by Saint Dominic when he cast out seven devils from her, but it was probably not this Amata. Her name has been removed from the Latin martyrology.

Amata was buried with Diana and Cecilia at St. Agnes, although their relics were transferred several times but always together. Mary Jean Dorcy, who wrote a book detailing the biographies of saints from the Dominican order, said that both Dominic's naming and her burial with Diana and Cecilia "will have to be her title to honor".

Veneration Amata, along with Diana and Cecilia, were beatified in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. Different sources cite different feast days for her: June 8, according to the Dominican martyrology, June 9, and June 10.