Ursus of Aosta

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Ursus of Aosta
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death_date= 6th century
feast_day= February 1; sometimes June 17
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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death_place= Aosta
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attributes= archdeacon with a staff and book, bearing birds on his shoulder; wearing fur pelisse in a religious habit; striking water from a rock; or giving shoes to the poor.
patronage= Ivrea; invoked in childbirth; children who die before baptism; invoked against faintness, kidney disease, and rheumatism
major_shrine= Sant' Orso, Aosta
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Saint Ursus (Orso, Ours) of Aosta is an Italian saint of the 6th century. His feast day is February 1 (June 17 in some areas). The collegiate church of Sant' Orso in Aosta is dedicated to him.

Said to have been of Irish origin, he evangelized the region of Digne. An opponent of Arianism, he served as archdeacon to Jucundus (Giocondo), bishop of Aosta. When Plocean (Ploziano), an Arian, became bishop of Aosta, Ursus and several other canons left the cathedral of Aosta and established themselves at the present site of Sant' Orso.

External links

* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0201.htm#ursu Saints of February 1: Ursus of Aosta]
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/31250 Sant' Orso di Aosta]