ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 13th of February
AARON, ARCHBISHOP OF AUXERRE
Bishop Aaron of Auxerre is commemorated on February 13 and September 28. He flourished at the beginning of the ninth century and died in the year 807.
It has not been clearly established which class of saints he belonged to; some sources list him with the title "venerable", others as "blessed", still others refer to him as"Saint Aaron". His body rests in the Priory of Saint Gervais (Gervasius) at Auxerre.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 2)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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