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Aredius
Abbot of Limoges
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
511
Died
591
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Attane in the territory of Limoges in France, Saint Aredius, abbot, who wrote for the monastery he had founded a wise rule drawn from the precepts of various institutes of monastic life.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 August as an abbot who wrote a rule for the monastery he founded near Limoges.
Connected on this site
- Nicetius Saint Teacher
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q640837 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aredius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.