Santo Amaro is a civil parish on the northern coast of the island of Pico, in the eastern part of the municipality of São Roque do Pico in the Azores, Portugal. It has 255 inhabitants in an area of 11
The coastal portion of Santo Amaro village, seen from the Achada Plain near Chã do Pelado
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Saint Maurus was a Benedictine monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery
Saint Benedict orders Saint Maurus to the rescue of Saint Placidus by Friar Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (ca.1445).
Statue of St. Maurus in India
Maurus in the Golden Legend (1497)
Detail from Madonna and Child with St Maurus, Castel Nuovo Napoli