Aaron of Aleth
Abbot, hermit, monk
Feast: 21 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Aaron of Aleth (died after 552), also called Saint Aihran or Eran in Breton, was a hermit, monk and abbot at a monastery on Cézembre, a small island near Aleth, opposite Saint-Malo in Brittany, France. Some sources suggest he may have migrated from Celtic Britain to take up residence in Armorican Domnonia.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Malo Saint Pupil
- Wikidata Q2501319 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aaron of Aleth (CC BY-SA)
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