Saint Arthelais of Benevento

Also known as

• Artelais
• Artellais
• Arthellais

Memorial

• 3 March

Profile

Daughter of Roman imperial proconsul Lucius and Aithuesa. The emperor Justinian desired her, but she had taken vows of holy chastity and so fled to Benevento, Italy where she stayed with her uncle Narses Patricius. En route she was kidnapped by highway men, but was miraculously freed after three days.

Born

• 544 at Constantinople

Died

• 560 in Benevento, Italy of fever
• relics moved to the Benevento cathedral

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against bodily ills
• against illness
• against sickness
• Benevento, Italy
• exiled people
• kidnap victims
• sick people

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Arthelais of Benevento“. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>