Saint Caesaria of Arles

Also known as

• Cesarie
• Cesira

Memorial

• 12 January

Profile

Sister of Saint Caesarius of Arles. Founder of a convent in 512; the house soon grew to hundreds of nuns, many of them widows. Caesaria served as its first abbess. She was devoted to the care of the poor, the sick, and children. Saint Gregory of Tours and Saint Venantius Fortunatus wrote of her gifts.

Born

• c.465

Died

• c.530 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Caesaria of Arles“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 January 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>