Saint Aurelius of Riditio

Memorial

• 9 November

Profile

When Saint Dionysius of Milan was driven from his diocese by Arians, he fled to Armenia where he was befriended by Aurelius. When Dionysius died, Aurelius took his remains back to Milan where he remained as a friend to Saint Ambrose of Milan. Bishop of Riditio in Armenia.

Born

• c.400 in Milan, Italy

Died

• c.475 in Milan, Italy of natural causes
• relics taken to Hirsau, Germany in 830

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against diseases of the head
• against head injury
• against headaches
• Hirsau, Germany

Representation

• touching the head of a kneeling man

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirchen Lexikon
• Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aurelius of Riditio”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 April 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aurelius-of-riditio/>