Little is known of Amata, although she is always associated with
Diana degli Andalò and
Cecilia Cesarini. Modern historians claim she did not exist, but her relics are buried with her companions at Bologna. There was another Amata, who was healed by
Saint Dominic when he cast out seven devils from her, but it was probably not this Amata. Her name has been removed from the Latin
martyrology. Amata was buried with Diana and Cecilia at St. Agnes, although their relics were transferred several times but always together. Mary Jean Dorcy, who wrote a book detailing the biographies of saints from the Dominican order, said that both Dominic's naming and her burial with Diana and Cecilia "will have to be her title to honor". == Veneration ==