Aaron the Illustrious

Aaron the Illustrious

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name=Aaron the Illustrious
birth_date=4th century
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feast_day=Pentecost Monday, February 3, October 22, and May 23
venerated_in=Syriac Orthodox Church


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birth_place=Sarug, Osrhoene, Mesopotamia
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titles=Monk
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Aaron the Illustrious (also known as Aaron of the Nuts) was a Christian monk of Mesopotamia.

He came from Sarug in Osrhoene, and was a disciple of dn|Saint Eugene. He built two monasteries near Melitene in Armenia in the 4th century. He had a feast day on Pentecost Monday in the Syriac Orthodox Church, and on February 3, October 22, and May 23. He is included in the Syrian Martyrology of Rabban Silba.

References

*Holweck, F. G., "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.


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