Aaron of Aleth

Saint Aaron of Aleth
Saint Aaron of Aleth
	Saint Aaron (detail) from Procession des saints de Bretagne by Alphonse Le Hénaff
Hermit and Abbot
Born	Unknown; The British Isles, exact location unknown, perhaps Wales
Died	After 552; Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
Venerated in	Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	22 June (Elsewhere) 21 June (Saint Malo)

Aaron of Aleth (died after 552), also called Saint Aihran or Eran in

Domnonia

.

He lived alone near

Bishop of Aleth. Aaron's feast day is 21 June (at Saint-Malo) or 22 June (elsewhere). He is mentioned in Les Vies des Saints de Bretagne.^[6]

The town of Saint-Aaron in Lamballe, France is named after him.

Notes

^ Jones, Terry. "Aaron". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Rabenstein, Katherine (June 1998). "Aaron of Brittany". Saint of the Day, June 22. SaintPatrickDC.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
^ Butler, Alban. "Saint Aaron". Lives of the Saints. (online version by Terry Jones). Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
^ Butler, Alban (1845). The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. Duffy. p. 274.
^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Saint Aaron". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 April 2012 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. (1924)

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Flood, William Henry Grattan (1910). "St. Machutus". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
"St. Machutus" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. (contains a reference to Aaron)
Catholic Forum
Holweck, F. G.
A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. (1924)