Ayrald

Ayrald (also Airald or Ayraldus) was a French Carthusian monk and bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. He died between 1161 and 1162. He was canonized by Pope Pius IX on January 8, 1863.[1]

Ayrald was the son of William II of Burgundy. He was the prior of the Carthusian charterhouse at Portes, diocese of Belley, France. He later became the bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne from 1132 to 1156.

Ayrald was beatified by Pope Pius IX on January 8, 1863.[2][3] According to nominis.cef.fr[4] his feast day is on January 2. Until the 1960s, the Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Cathedral had a chapel dedicated to Ayrald.[5]

References
  1. "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Blessed Airaldus of Maurienne".
  2. Prieur Vulliez 1999, p. 55-56
  3. Michel Germain, Personnages illustres des Savoie, Autre Vue, 2007, 619 p. (ISBN 978-2-9156-8815-3), p. 15.
  4. "Saint Ayrald".
  5. Prieur Vulliez 1999, p. 55-56
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