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Paul Aurelian

Paul Aurelian (also known, in Breton

Breton language

The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
as Paol Aorelian and, in Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
, as Paulinus Aurelianus) is a 6th century Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language. John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, although Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales far longer....
saint

Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
, who became one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.

His hagiographic

Hagiography

Hagiography is the study of saints. A hagiography, from Greek ' and ' , refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically the biography of ecclesiastical and secular leaders....
Life was completed in 884 by a Breton monk named Wrmonoc of Landévennec:

Paul was the son of a Welsh chieftain named Perphirius, from Penychen

Penychen

Penychen was a possible minor kingdom of early medi?val Wales and later a cantref of the Kingdom of Morgannwg. Penychen was one of three cantrefs that made up the kingdom of Glywysing, the other two being Gwynllwg and Gorfynydd....
in Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
(although this is probably due to confusion with King Paul Penychen).

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Paul Aurelian (also known, in Breton

Breton language

The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
as Paol Aorelian and, in Latin

Latin

Welsh people

Saint

Hagiography

Penychen

Glamorgan

Juthwara

Saint Juthwara was a Brythonic virgin and martyr from Dorset, who probably lived in the 6th century. Her relics were Translation to Sherborne during the reign of Ethelred the Unready....
, Sidwell

Sidwell

Sidwell was a virgin saint from the England county of Devon, possibly of Brythonic or Anglo-Saxons origin. Her historical existence is doubtful....
and Wulvela. Paul became a pupil of Saint Illtud

Illtud

Illtud , was a Wales saint, founder and abbot of Llantwit Major in the Wales county of Glamorgan....
at Llantwit Major

Llantwit Major

Llantwit Major . Welsh language: Llanilltud Fawr -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast....
and on Caldey Island

Caldey Island

Caldey Island lies south of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales.The island is home to a small village, but is best known for its monastery. Caldey Island is separated from the mainland by the Caldey Sound which is 1km to 2km wide between Caldey Island and the coast of Pembrokeshire....
, like Saints Samson of Dol

Samson of Dol

Saint Samson of Dol was a Celtic Christianity religious figure who is counted among the seven founder saints of Brittany. Born in southern Wales, he died in Dol-de-Bretagne, a small town in north Brittany....
, Gildas

Gildas

Saint Gildas was a 6th century Britons cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christianity church in the British Isles during the 6th century....
and David

Saint David

Saint David was a church official; he was later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wales. In contrast with the other national patron saints of the British Isles, Saints Saint George, Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick, David is a native of the country of which he is patron saint, and a relatively large amount of information is known...
.

He later visited King Mark of Cornwall

Mark of Cornwall

Mark of Cornwall was a king of Kingdom of Cornwall in the early 6th century. He is most famous for his appearance in King Arthur legend as the uncle of Tristan and husband of Iseult, who engage in a secret affair behind his back....
and founded the church at Paul

Paul, Cornwall

Paul is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall. The village itself falls within the current boundaries of the civic parish of Penzance, however there is a separate Paul parish council which is responsible for the surrounding area....
, before moving on to Brittany to establish monasteries

Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
at Lampol on the island of Ouessant, on the island of Batz

Batz

The name Batz may refer to...
(where he later died) and at Ocsimor, now the city of Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Saint-Pol-de-L?on is a Communes of France in the Finist?re Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France.It is famous for its 13th century Saint-Pol-de-L?on Cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th century....
in Finistère

Finistère

Finist?re is a Departments of France of France, located in Bretagne ....
. He was consecrated bishop there under the authority of Childebert

Childebert I

Childebert I was the Frankish King of the Franks, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511....
, King of the Franks.

He was first buried at Saint-Pol-de-Léon, but his relic

Relic

A relic is an object or a personal item of Religion significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other religions....
s were later transferred to Fleury

Fleury

Fleury can refer to:* Abbo of Fleury abbot of the monastery of Fleury* Andrew of Fleury, historian from the monstery of Fleury* Cardinal Andr?-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fr?jus , chief minister of Louis XV of France...
near Orleans

Orléans

Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
, hence his last name, 'Aurelian'. His bell is still kept at Saint-Pol however. G. H. Doble thought he might be the same man as Saint Paulinus of Wales

Paulinus of Wales

Saint Paulinus of Wales was a late 5th century Welsh people holyman, revered as a saint in Carmarthenshire.Paulinus lived as a hermit and teacher at a place usually identified as as Whitland ....
. His feast day is 12 March.

Paul Aurelian

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