Saint Aurelius of Riditio
Profile
When Saint Dionysius of Milan was driven from his diocese by Arians, he fled to Armenia where he was befriended by Aurelius. When Dionysius died, Aurelius took his remains back to Milan where he remained as a friend to Saint Ambrose of Milan. Bishop of Riditio in Armenia.
Born
c.400 in Milan, Italy
Died
• c.475 in Milan, Italy of natural causes
• relics taken to Hirsau, Germany in 830
Patronage
• against diseases of the head
• against head injury
• against headaches
• Hirsau, Germany
Representation
touching the head of a kneeling man
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