Paul Aurelian«Paol Aorelian / Paulinus Aurelianus / Pol de Léon»
(† 575)
Evangeliser, First Bishop (of Diocese of Léon†)
one of the Seven Founder Saints of Brittany / unan eus Seizh sant diazezer Breizh
Place of birth:Kingdom of Gwynllŵg††
Place of death:Principality of Leon (Brittany)†††
Place(s) associated with:Finistère††††; Île de Batz†††††; Illtud's School (Llantwit Major)††††††; Saint-Pol-de-Léon†††††††; Ushant††††††††
Feastday
12 March
†Dioecesis Leonensis / Diocèse de Léon / Eskopti Leon [6th cent.–1789]
††Teyrnas Gwynllŵg [5th cent.–7th cent.]
†††Pagus Leonensis / Bro-Leon [c. 540–590]
††††Penn-ar-Bed / Finis Terræ
†††††Enez-Vaz
††††††Bangor Illtyd (Llanilltud Fawr)
†††††††Kastell Paol / Ocsimor
††††††††Eusa / Ouessant
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia