Saint Aurelianus
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Saint Aurelianus or Saint Aurelien (523 – June 16, 551) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

 whose Feast Day is June 16. He was Archbishop of Arles, then known as Arelate, from 546 to June 16, 551.

He was the author of a monastic rule, the Regula ad monachos.

Family

His father St. Sacerdos
Sacerdos of Lyon
Saint Sacerdos of Lyon is a French saint whose Feast Day is September 12. He was Archbishop of Lyon, France from 544 to September 12, 551. He was the son of St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon, and wife....

 was an Archbishop of Lyon. His cousin Nicetius of Lyon
Nicetius of Lyon
Saint Nicetius was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He was ordained as a priest by Agricola, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was the nephew of Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyon, and his successor. He revived ecclesiastical chant in his...

 (Nizier) succeeded his father as Archbishop of Lyon.

Sources

  • Les ancêtres de Charlemagne, 1989, Christian Settipani
    Christian Settipani
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