Saints of the Old Testament: St. Amos, prophet

The Call of Amos

by the unknown illustrator of Petrus Comestor's "Bible Historiale," France, 1372

As the month of March draws to a close, the traditional Roman Martyrology presents for our veneration one more Old Testament saint -- another divinely inspired writer of Holy Scripture, author of the Book of Amos, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets, who heads the list of saints in the Roman