Saint Aredius | |
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 Saint Aredius | |
| Abbot of Attane | |
| Born | c. 510 Limoges, France |
| Died | 25 August 591
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| Venerated in | |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 25 August |
Aredius,[a] also Yrieix, Abbé d'Attanum and Arède d'Atane (c. 510 – 25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, Latin: Attanum). He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death Saint-Yrieix in his honour. The town at the site became known as Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Several other French communes are also called Saint-Yrieix after him.
He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches; his feast day is commemorated on the date of his death, 25 August.
- ^ Maureille, Paul (1971). "Aredius (Saint Yrieix), homme politique et homme de Dieu". Lemouzi: Revue franco-limousine (in French and Occitan). Vol. 40, no. 5.
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