Aidan
Martyrological notice
In England, of St. Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne, whose soul when St. Cuthbert, being then a shepherd, saw carried up to heaven, forsaking his sheep, he became a monk.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 09, August · S. Aidan, B. of Lindisfarne ; a.d. 651.
S. Aidan, B. of Lindisfarne ; a.d. 651.
S. Cuthburga, Q. Ahss. of Winhome ; circ. a.d. 725.
S. Raymund Nonnatus, Card, at Cordova ; a.d. 1240.
S. PAULINUS, B. OF TREVES.
(a.d. 360.)
[Roman and Gallican Martyrologies, Ado, Usuardus, Wandelbert. Authorities ; — Various incidental notices collected by the Bollandists.]
_ AINT PAULINUS, a disciple of S. Maximian of Treves, succeeded to the pastoral charge of that great and important city, the capital of Belgic Gaul, on the death of S. Maximian, in a.d. 349. When the great Athanasius was banished to Treves, he was received with open arms by Paulinus. The bishop was summoned to Arles by Constantius, bent onArianizing the Church. Constantius had convened a council at Arles, in which he hoped to force the bishops to renounce the com- munion of Athanasius. The aged Vincent, who had repre- sented Pope S. Sylvester at Nicaea, unhappily yielded, in the vain hope that Valens and his friends would, on their side, condemn the Arian heresy. Vincent appears to have thought it necessary to sacrifice one man, in order to secure the Creed. But Paulinus of Treves saw that in this one man the whole canse of the faith was represented. To abandon Athanasius was, in fact, to abandon Niaea. He
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therefore withstood threats and persuasions, and bravely refused to accede to the wishes of the Emperor.
Early in 355 a new council met at Milan, where Dionysius was metropolitan. About three hundred Western bishops were present ; of the Eastern, only a small number.
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Donegal (1864)
^Aedhan IngeldL In Marianos, ingelt)! TTlon5e eo is the interiinear note on OCer>1ionn. According to the date here given, this was St Aidan, founder of Lindiafame, of whom the
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In Anglia sancti Aidani, Episcopi Lindisfarnensis; cujus animam, cum sanctus Cuthbertus, cujus memoria tertiodecimo Kalendas Aprilis colitur, tunc ovium pastor, in caelum ferri vidisset, relictis ovibus, factus est Monachus.