Saint
Paul Aurelian
Bishop of Léon
A Welsh bishop in Brittany with his see at Léon, reposed around 572.
Life
Holy Hierarch Paul Aurelian was a sixth-century Welshman, the first bishop of the see of Léon in Brittany and one of the seven founder saints of Brittany. He is said to have died around 575 (our record has 572) and to have lived to the age of one hundred and forty, helped by three successive coadjutors; for this reason it is thought that the memories of several men named Paul have been merged in his story. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 12 March (new calendar).
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