Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Saints & hagiography Saints

Maurilius, Saint

MAURILIO, SANTO

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Also known as: Maurilius of Angers; French: Maurille; Italian: San Maurilio

MAURILIUS, Saint. - Born into a noble family in Milan, died ca. 430. Educated in a monastery, he was ordained by St. Ambrose. On his father's death he went to Gaul to St. Martin, who, after some years of solitary life, urged him to accept the episcopate of Angers, which he held for ca. 30 years.

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BIBL.: A Vita, written by the bishop of Angers Magnolado, ca. 619-20, reworked in the 9th century by the deacon Arcanold, was edited by B. Krusch, in MGH, Aust. Ant., IV, II, pp. 82-108, with an introductory study pp. XXIX-XXI; L. Duchesne, Pastes épiscopaux, II, 2nd ed., Paris 1910, pp. 353-55; Martyr. Hieronimyanum, p. 504; Martyr. Romanum, p. 395.

Alberto Ghinato

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 506.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Maurilio, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 506. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/maurilio-santo.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Maurilio, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 506. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/maurilio-santo.

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  author    = {Ghinato, Alberto},
  title     = {Maurilio, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {506},
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  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/maurilio-santo}
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