Saint Sidonius of Aix | |
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 Forensically reconstructed image from Sidonius' relics | |
| Born | Sidon |
| Died | c. 80 AD Aix-en-Provence |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregational Saint |
| Major shrine | Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Saint-Restitut |
| Feast | 23 August,[1] 7 November[2] |
| Attributes | Receiving sight from Jesus |
| Patronage | Aix-en-Provence |
| Controversy | Possible conflation of saints, possibly dated incorrectly |
St. Sidonius (also called Cedonius, or Restitutus)[3][4] is traditionally held to be St. Maximinus of Aix's successor as Archbishop of Aix. He is also traditionally held to be a blind man healed by Jesus. The incident is often held to be Jesus healing the man blind from birth in John 9,[5][3] but the man healed in this incident is more commonly associated with St. Celidonius, Protobishop of Nîmes. The name Sidonius literally means "from Sidon", so he could have been part of the Syro-Phoenician crowd that followed Jesus in Matthew 15:21 and Mark 7:24.
- ^ "Eglise catholique de Fréjus-Toulon". Diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon.
- ^ "Restitutus von Tricastinum". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon.
- ^ a b admin, Par (7 October 2013). "Sidoine".
- ^ "Cedonius von Aix". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon.
- ^ "Des reliques de Saint Sidoine, l'aveugle guéri par Jésus, découvertes dans une basilique du Var". La Croix. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.