Aredius
Sign in to saveAredius, also and (25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, ). He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death Saint-Yrieix in his honour. The town at the site became known as Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Several other French are also called Saint-Yrieix after him.
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Aredius
- Saint.death_date
- 25 August 591
- Saint.feast_day
- 25 August
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- Saint.caption
- Saint Aredius
- Saint.birth_place
- Limoges, France
- Saint.titles
- Abbot of Attane
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-congregation
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- Buste d'Aredius.jpg
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- Aredius of Nevers
- date of death
- 0591-08-25
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- Background and early years
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- Hagiography and relics
- Notes
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Aredius, also and (25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, ). He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death Saint-Yrieix in his honour. The town at the site became known as Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Several other French are also called Saint-Yrieix after him.
He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches; his feast day is commemorated on the date of his death, 25 August.
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