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Pol Aurelian
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'''Pol Aurelian''' (also Pol de Léon, Paulinus Aurelianus, or Paol) is a
Celtic Christianity Celtic saint. He is one of the seven founder saints of
Brittany. His
feast day is
12 March.
His
hagiography was completed in
884 by a Breton monk named Wrmonoc.
The son of a British chieftain, Pol became a pupil of
Illtud like Saints
Samson of Dol,
Gildas and
Saint David David. Pol was educated at Llan Illtyd Vawr and at Ynys Pyr. He founded churches near
Llandovery in the Dyfed county of
Carmarthenshire, and before
518 had founded an abbey at ''Yr Henllwyn'' (Old Bush) called ''Ty Gwyn'' (White Church). He probably attended the
Synod of
Llanddewi Brefi in
545. A stone near
Pumpsaint (10 kilometers southeast of
Lampeter) in the Dyfed county of
Cardiganshire, dated to c.
550 honours him as "preserver of the faith, constant lover of his country, champion of righteousness".
He later founded monasteries in Brittany at
Lampol on the island of
Île d'Ouessant Ouessant; on the island of
Batz (where he later died); and at Ocsimor, now the city of
Saint-Pol-de-Léon in
Finistère. He was consecrated bishop by
Childebert I Childebert, King of the Franks.
His sister was
St. Sidwell of
Exeter.
See also:
*
Armorica
Category:Saints Category:Brittany
br:Sant Pol Aurelian
fr:Saint Pol Aurélien
