Saint Caesaria of Arles

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.

Died

• c.530 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Caesaria of Arles”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-caesaria-of-arles/>