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Dear Brenda,
It looks as though there may be two candidates for your St. Amelie, who, like so many early saints, goes by multiple names ( Amelia, Amelie, Amalia and Amalberga). Here is a starting point: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1299#wiki This entry focuses on the 7th century saint, who separated from her noble husband and entered religious life.
The website for Notre Dame University also offers information about the 8th century saint (http://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&calcid=53508&calpgid=61&pgid=15415&crid=0) ; unless I am reading it mistakenly, it seems that the relics of this St. Amelia can be found in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Notre Dame's campus.
Neither the 7th nor the 8th century Amelia appears to have been a queen (one seems to have been married to a duke and the other rejected marriage) so the depiction you describe isn't a perfect match to either, but I hope this helps.
Catherine Matthews
On Jul 27, 2016, at 4:29 AM, Ms B M Cook wrote:
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> Dear Friends,
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> Can anyone elucidate this ?
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> A few days ago there was a programme on British TV where two experts were exploring the authenticity of a 19th century painting. The painting in question was of "SAINT AMELIE" depicted as a mediaeval queen (accompanied by ladies in waiting) presenting a wreath before an altar with (I think) a crucifix on it.
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> A quick check of the Oxford Dic, and the Penguin Dic of Saints, plus a couple of on-line dictionaries of saints - including the ever useful if out of date Catholic Encyclopaedia - has found no trace of a St Amelie. Does anyone know her story or indeed her authenticity?
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> Brenda
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> Brenda M. Cook
> Independent Scholar
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