Aderald of Troyes

Holy Venerable Aderald of Troyes was born around the middle of the 10th century at Troyes in France and reposed on 20 October 1004. He was a canon and archdeacon of Troyes and founded a monastery for a relic from the Holy Sepulchre. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

His parents, Walon and Odrade, entrusted his education to learned churchmen. He studied the Holy Scriptures, served as an acolyte under Bishop Manasses of Montdidier and became a priest. He was known for his care of the poor and the sick, and many sought him in hope of healing. As archdeacon he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and returned with a relic from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. With it he founded a monastery at Villacerf, a village near Troyes then called Samblières and later renamed Saint-⁠Sépulcre. He reposed a few years after the foundation and was buried there, as he had wished.

He is commemorated on 20 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).