{{For|other saints of this name|Domitius (disambiguation){{!}}Domitius}} {{Infobox saint |name= Domitius of Amiens |birth_date= |death_date=8th century |feast_day= |venerated_in= |image=Sainte Ulphe et Saint Domice.jpg |imagesize= |caption= Saint Domitius pictured with Saint Ulphia |birth_place= |death_place= |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }}
'''Saint Domitius''' ('''Domice''') '''of Amiens''' (fl. 8th century) is a French saint, venerated especially in the diocese of Amiens.
==Legend== A former canon of Notre-Dame of Amiens, Domitius had given up his prebend to live a solitary life.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312065006/http://mcah.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/facade/body.html Murray, Stephen. "The Portals, Access to Redemption", Columbia University]</ref> Based on the readings for his office, hagiographer Laurentius Surius says that Domitius was not a priest, but a deacon of the church of Amiens<ref name=ramsgate/> who became a hermit at Saint-Acheul along the banks of the Avre.<ref name=watkins>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186&dq=Saint+Domitius&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_gI6eudCIAxVQGFkFHVdOAngQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Domitius&f=false Watkins, Basil. ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary'', Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, p. 186] {{ISBN|9780567664150}}</ref> He is remembered for providing spiritual guidance to Saint Ulphia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mTqKrLX8GVwC&pg=PA610&dq=Saint+Domitius&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigweaaw9CIAxXlFVkFHRdlMbI4HhDoAXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Domitius&f=false Delaney, John J., "Ulphia", ''Dictionary of Saints'', Random House Publishing Group, 2005, p. 610] {{ISBN|9780385515207}}</ref>
One of the statues in the portal of Amiens Cathedral has been identified as Domitius.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/facade/footnotes.html |title=Footnotes |access-date=2006-11-08 |archive-date=2011-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527105336/http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/facade/footnotes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZC1NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT540&dq=Saint+Ulphia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIjrL6q9CIAxU5ElkFHXgIK40Q6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Ulphia&f=false Male, Emile. ''The Gothic Image: Religious Art In France Of The Thirteenth Century'', Routledge, 2018] {{ISBN|9780429972447}}</ref> There is also a painting of Domitius with Saint Ulphia in the cathedral. The painting is attributed to the nineteenth century painter, Jean de Franqueville.
Domitius is commemorated on October 23.<ref name=ramsgate>[https://books.google.com/books?id=A5MVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=Saint+Domitius&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_gI6eudCIAxVQGFkFHVdOAngQ6AF6BAgOEAI#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Domitius&f=false ''The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman & Other Martyrologies'', St. Augustine's Abbey (Ramsgate), A. & C. Black, 1921]</ref> He is not listed in the 2004 revised edition of the ''Roman Martyrology''.<ref name=watkins/>
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==External links== *[http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/facade/footnotes.html Amiens facade, Columbia.edu]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Domitius}} Saint Domitius Category:8th-century Frankish saints