Saint Aaron the Patriarch

Memorial

• 1 July

Profile

Great-grandson of Levi, son of Jacob, brother of Moses. Spokesman to Pharoah for Moses. One of the leaders of the people Israel in the desert. Caused the casting of the golden calf which the Israelites worshiped in the wilderness (Exodus 32). The rod of Aaron blossomed as a sign that he had been chosen by God to be first high priest of the Old Law. Not allowed to enter the Promised Land.

Died

• on Mount Hor

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• man with a rod in flower, a censer and a Jewish mitre

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopaedia Biblica
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• New Catholic Dictionary
• New Catholic Encyclopedia
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• The True Aaron, by John Newton

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aaron the Patriarch“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 March 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>