Ursus of Aosta
Ursus of Aosta | |
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Died | 6th century Aosta |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Major shrine | Collegiate church of Saint Ursus |
Feast | February 1; sometimes June 17 |
Attributes | archdeacon with a staff and book, bearing birds on his shoulder; wearing fur pelisse in a religious habit; striking water from a rock; or giving shoes to the poor. |
Patronage | Ivrea; Cogne; invoked in childbirth; children who die before baptism; invoked against faintness, kidney disease, and rheumatism |
Ursus of Aosta (Italian: Sant'Orso d'Aosta; French: Saint Ours d'Aoste; fl. 6th century) was an Italian evangelist, today venerated as a saint.
Biography
Ursus is an Italian saint of the 6th century. His feast day is February 1 (June 17 in some areas). The collegiate church of Saint Ursus in Aosta was built by and dedicated to him.[1][2]
Said to have been of Irish origin, he evangelized the region of Digne. An opponent of Arianism, he served as archdeacon to Jucundus (in Italian, San Giocondo; in French, Saint Joconde), bishop of Aosta.[3] When Plocean, an Arian, became bishop of Aosta, Ursus and several other canons left the cathedral of Aosta and established themselves at the present site of the collegiate church of Saint Ursus.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Watkins, Basil (19 November 2015). "Juventius of Pavia". The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary (8th ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-567-66415-0.
- ^ Fodor's Travel Guides (14 December 2021). "Aosta". Fodor's Essential Italy 2022. Fodor's Travel. ISBN 978-1-64097-448-7.
- ^ Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 1000.
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