Paul Aurelian | |
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 The stole of Paul Aurelian | |
| Born | Glamorgan, Wales |
| Died | 6th century Island Batz |
| Venerated in | Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Fleury |
| Feast | 12 March |
Paul Aurelian (known in Breton as Paol Aorelian or Saint Pol de Léon and in Latin as Paulinus Aurelianus) was a 6th-century Welshman who became first bishop of the See of Léon and one of the seven founder saints of Brittany. He allegedly died in 575, rumoured to have lived to the age of 140, after having been assisted in his labors by three successive coadjutors. This suggests that several Pauls have been conflated. Gilbert Hunter Doble thought that he might have been Saint Paulinus of Wales.