Saint Amalbert

But the world was not worthy of possessing such a pure soul for long. Amalbert preceded his father in glory, along with his two sisters, who also died in the fragrance of their youth and virginity. As he was returning from Gascony, after a military expedition, he died suddenly in the arms of Clovis, the kin g's so Clovis King of the Franks under whom Aquilin served in the army. n, who loved him like a brother. He was barely twenty years old. Amalbert could appear with confidence before the sovereign Judge, for he had not known the corruption of the century. His days had not been many, but, in a short time, "he had fulfilled the course of a long life."

Having learned of Amalbert's deat h, Ger Germer Father of Saint Amalbert and founder of a monastery. mer descended from the crypt of Saint-Samson, where he had lived for five years, to bury his son. A choir of clerics and monks accompanied this resigned father, who was offering his only son to God with joy. Together they sang these words of the Psalmist: "The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is you, my God, who will restore my inheritance to me."

The king, the princes, and the nobles mourned Amalbert and conducted his funeral. Germer met the funeral procession in the territory of Beauvais is and led Beauvaisis Region of France where the saint went into exile. it to the monastery of L'Isle. At a place called Pont-Banneri , the coffin Pont-Banneri Site of the miracle of the heavy coffin. , it is said, became so heavy that the journey had to be suspended. The Saint's face having been uncovered, his cheeks appeared as rosy as if he were still alive, and blood flowed abundantly from his nostrils. Germer believed he recognized by this sign that his son was indicating to him the location of a pious foundation. Indeed, no sooner was a vow made to build a church at Pont-Banneri and to endow it with sufficient income for the maintenance of twelve religious, than Amalbert's body recovered its ordinary weight, and the procession was able to continue its journey toward the monastery of L'Isle. The Saint's burial took place there with great pomp, in the midst of a multitude of the faithful, who delighted in recounting his virtues and already invoked him as being in possession of eternal beatitude.

The chapel where the body of Saint Amalbert rested was preserved with religious care throughout the Middle Ages. Having been burned on November 17, 1760, it was rebuilt immediately. The remains of the Blessed one were removed from it around the year 1758 and transported, with the authorization of Cardinal de Gèvres, Bishop of Beauvais, to the abbey church of Saint-Germer église abbatiale de Saint-Germer Final burial place of the saint. . One can still read today this inscription on the stone that covered these relics: "On March 21, 1758, were placed under this tomb the bones of Saint Amalbert, son of Saint Germer, found, but mixed with some other bones, in the chapel of Saint-Pierre-en-Bos, the translation of whi Saint-Pierre-en-Bos Chapel where the remains were initially interred. ch was performed by the parish priest of Ferrières, deputized for this purpose by His Excellency Cardinal de Gèvres, Bishop of Beauvais, Requiescant in pace." After this translation, the chapel was razed.

Lives of the Saints of the diocese of Beauvais, by Abbé Sabatier.