Am\u00e9d\u00e9e IX de Savoie, dit \u00ab\u00a0le Heureux\u00a0\u00bb, naquit \u00e0 Thonon (France), fils du duc Louis de Savoie et d\u2019Anne de Lusignan. Enfant, il fut fianc\u00e9 \u00e0 Yolande de Valois, fille du roi Charles VII et s\u0153ur de Louis XI. Leur mariage en 1451, \u00e0 la fois alliance politique et union personnelle, fut b\u00e9ni par la naissance de dix enfants.<\/p>\n
Lorsqu\u2019Am\u00e9d\u00e9e h\u00e9rita du duch\u00e9 en 1465, il gouverna avec un esprit qui le distinguait de nombreux princes de son \u00e9poque. Son r\u00e8gne fut marqu\u00e9 non par la conqu\u00eate ou la richesse, mais par la pi\u00e9t\u00e9, la justice et la charit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
En politique, il privil\u00e9giait la paix \u00e0 la guerre. Il s\u2019effor\u00e7a, par la diplomatie, de maintenir un \u00e9quilibre entre les puissants voisins de la Savoie\u00a0: la France, Milan et les cantons suisses. Malgr\u00e9 ses efforts, la Savoie subit des pertes territoriales et des d\u00e9faites militaires, notamment face aux forces milanaises.<\/p>\n
Pourtant, l\u2019h\u00e9ritage d\u2019Am\u00e9d\u00e9e IX ne se mesurait pas en territoires ni en batailles. Ceux qui l\u2019ont connu voyaient un souverain dont la foi et la bont\u00e9 le d\u00e9finissaient, et dont le plus grand bonheur r\u00e9sidait dans le souci du bien-\u00eatre d\u2019autrui. Son surnom, \u00ab\u00a0le Heureux\u00a0\u00bb, refl\u00e9tait la joie qu\u2019il puisait dans la foi, la charit\u00e9 et le bien-\u00eatre de son peuple.<\/p>\n
Am\u00e9d\u00e9e IX v\u00e9cut dans une profonde d\u00e9votion et une grande simplicit\u00e9. Il portait le cilice, pratiquait un je\u00fbne rigoureux et apporta un soutien particulier aux ordres franciscains.<\/p>\n
Bien que la Savoie ait connu des difficult\u00e9s politiques et perdu une partie de son ind\u00e9pendance, l\u2019h\u00e9ritage d\u2019Am\u00e9d\u00e9e ne repose pas sur des succ\u00e8s militaires, mais sur son leadership moral. Il s\u2019est personnellement impliqu\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s des pauvres\u00a0: il distribuait l\u2019aum\u00f4ne de sa propre fortune, accueillait les n\u00e9cessiteux \u00e0 sa table comme des invit\u00e9s de marque et visitait les malades dans les h\u00f4pitaux pour leur apporter du r\u00e9confort.<\/p>\n
Am\u00e9d\u00e9e \u00e9tendit son patronage \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9glise, en particulier aux Franciscains, qu\u2019il prot\u00e9gea et soutint. Sa vie quotidienne \u00e9tait empreinte de pri\u00e8re, de fr\u00e9quentes messes et de m\u00e9ditation.<\/p>\n
Le duc Am\u00e9d\u00e9e souffrit d\u2019\u00e9pilepsie toute sa vie. Vers 1471, ses crises devinrent si invalidantes qu\u2019il confia la gestion de son duch\u00e9 \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse Yolanda. Malgr\u00e9 sa maladie, il ne se plaignit jamais. Il consid\u00e9rait sa souffrance comme un moyen de se rapprocher du Christ.<\/p>\n
Le duc Am\u00e9d\u00e9e IX de Savoie est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 30 mars 1472 \u00e0 Vercelli, en Italie, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 37 ans.<\/p>\n
Bient\u00f4t, on commen\u00e7a \u00e0 le v\u00e9n\u00e9rer comme un saint homme. On se souvenait de sa bont\u00e9, de son amour pour les pauvres et de sa patience dans la souffrance. De nombreux miracles furent rapport\u00e9s sur sa tombe.<\/p>\n
Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 officiellement b\u00e9atifi\u00e9 par le pape Innocent XI en 1677.<\/p>\n
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Jour de f\u00eate \u2013 30 mars<\/p>\n
Sources\u00a0:<\/p>\n
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