Arialdo
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| Saint Arialdo | |
|---|---|
| N/A | |
| Deacon and martyr | |
| Born | ca. 1010 |
| Died | June 27, 1066, Lago Maggiore |
| Venerated in | Local Catholic worship, centered at Milan |
| Canonized | 1067 |
| Major shrine | The relics of Arialdo were moved to the Cathedral of Milan in 1528. They were rediscovered there in 1940. |
| Feast | June 27 |
| Attributes | Depicted in the robes of a deacon, holding the palm of martyrdom |
Saint Arialdo (ca. 1010-June 27, 1066) is a Milanese saint of the eleventh century. He was martyred at Milan in 1066, for his attempt to reform the simoniacal and immoral clergy of that city.
He was of noble extraction, born either at Carimate or at Cutiacum (Cucciago), near Milan.
After his studies, at Laon and Paris, was made a deacon in the cathedral city of Milan in 1050. For inveighing against abuses he was excommunicated by the bishop Guido di Velate, but was immediately reinstated by Pope Stephen IX, who bade him continue the work of reformation.
He succeeded in having the bishop excommunicated because of his repeated lapses, but a riot ensued, resulting in serious injury to Arialdo. Previously an attempt had been made on his life with a poisoned sword. Later, when on his way to Rome, he was set upon by the emissaries of Guido and slain.
According to some sources[link], he had been carried to an island on Lago Maggiore, where he was horribly tortured by two clerics, who mutilated his eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet, and genitalia. Once dead, they attached weights to his body and tossed it into the lake. This was June 27 (sometimes given as June 26), 1066.
Veneration
Ten months after, his body was found in Lago Maggiore in a perfect state of preservation, and emitting a sweet odour. It was carried with great pomp to Milan, and exposed in the church of St. Ambrose from Ascension to Pentecost. It was subsequently interred in the church of St. Celsus, and in the following year, 1067, Pope Alexander II declared him a martyr.See also
External links
- () [Saint Arialdo] at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- () [Archdiocese of Milan] at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- [Sant' Arialdo di Milano]
- () [Sant’ Arialdo da Carimate]
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