# Aaron of Aleth

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{{For|Saint Aaron of Caerleon|Julius and Aaron}}
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|name=Aaron of Aleth
|birth_date=Unknown
|death_date=After 552<ref name="patrick">{{cite web | last =Rabenstein | first =Katherine | title =Aaron of Brittany | work =Saint of the Day, June 22 | date =June 1998 | publisher =SaintPatrickDC.org | url =http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0622.shtml | accessdate =8 March 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100130092949/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0622.shtml | archive-date =30 January 2010 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
|feast_day=22 June (Elsewhere)<ref name="lives">{{cite web|last=Butler |first=Alban |authorlink=Alban Butler |others=(online version by Terry Jones) |title=Saint Aaron |work=Lives of the Saints |url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta2k001.htm |accessdate=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320122910/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta2k001.htm |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}</ref>
21 June (Saint Malo)
|venerated_in= [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)<br>[Eastern Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)
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|caption=Saint Aaron (detail) from ''Procession des saints de Bretagne'' by Alphonse Le Hénaff
|birth_place=The [British Isles](/source/British_Isles), exact location unknown, perhaps Wales<ref name="patron">{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Terry |title=Aaron |work=Patron Saints Index |url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta2k.htm |accessdate=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320110628/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta2k.htm |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}</ref>
|death_place=[Saint-Malo](/source/Saint-Malo), Brittany, France
|titles=Hermit and Abbot
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'''Aaron of Aleth''' (died after 552), also called ''Saint Aihran'' or ''Eran'' in [Breton](/source/Breton_language), was a [hermit](/source/hermit), [monk](/source/monk) and [abbot](/source/abbot) at a monastery on [Cézembre](/source/C%C3%A9zembre), a small island near [Aleth](/source/Aleth), opposite [Saint-Malo](/source/Saint-Malo) in Brittany, France.<ref name="patrick"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints |date=1845 |publisher=Duffy |page=274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbxjAAAAMAAJ&dq=Aaron+of+Aleth&pg=PA274 |language=en}}</ref> Some sources suggest he may have migrated from [Celtic Britain](/source/Celtic_Britain) to take up residence in [Armorica](/source/Armorica)n [Domnonia](/source/Domnonia).

He lived alone near [Lamballe](/source/Lamballe) and [Pleumeur-Gautier](/source/Pleumeur-Gautier), before finally settling on an island separated from the settlement of [Aleth](/source/Aleth). He attracted many visitors while there, including [Malo](/source/Malo_(saint)),<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-saint-aaron-21-june/ Monks of Ramsgate. "Saint Aaron". ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 April 2012]{{PD-notice}}</ref> it is said, in 544, and became their abbot. He died soon afterwards. Malo then succeeded to the spiritual rule of the district subsequently known as Saint-Malo, and was consecrated first [Bishop of Aleth](/source/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](/source/Les_Vies_des_Saints_de_Bretagne)''.<ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. (1924)</ref>

The town of [Saint-Aaron](/source/Saint-Aaron) in Lamballe, France is named after him.

==See also==
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* [List of Catholic saints](/source/List_of_Catholic_saints)
* [Julian Maunoir](/source/Julian_Maunoir), "Apostle of Brittany"

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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* {{Catholic |wstitle=St. Machutus |first=William Henry Grattan |last=Flood |volume=9}}
* {{DNB Cite|wstitle=St. Machutus}} (contains a reference to Aaron)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320122910/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta2k001.htm Catholic Forum]
* [Holweck, F. G.](/source/Holweck%2C_F._G.) ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. (1924)
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