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Paul Aurelian
Welsh bishop of Léon, Brittany
SaintFull write-upBrittanyPre-congregation
Feast: 12 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
492
Died
573
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany, Saint Paul Aurelian, first bishop of this city.
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 12 March as the first bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany.
Connected on this site
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q634405 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paul Aurelian (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.