- Arthelais
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name= Saint Arthelais
birth_date=544 AD
death_date=560 AD
feast_day=March 3
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birth_place= Constantinople
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patronage=Benevento ; kidnap victims, illness, people in exile, sick people, sickness
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issues=Saint Arthelais ( _it. Sant' Artellaide) (544—560) is venerated as a
Christian saint . She is one of thepatron saints ofBenevento [The other patron saints areSaint Barbatus of Benevento andSaint Bartholomew .] . Herfeast day isMarch 3 . The daughter of an imperialproconsul named Lucius and Aithuesa, she is said to have been pursued byJustinian , who desired her. Arthelais, however, had taken vows ofchastity .She was kidnapped while escaping to
Benevento , where her uncle Narses Patricius lived. However, amiracle is said to have led to her liberation.She later died of a fever.
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* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/sainta64.htm]
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