Arialdo
Saint Arialdo | |
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 Arialdo da Carimate. Altar in the "Basilica di San Calimero" in Milan | |
| Deacon and martyr | |
| Born | c. 1010 unknown |
| Died | June 27, 1066 Lago Maggiore |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1067 |
| Major shrine | Cathedral of Milan |
| Feast | June 27 |
| Attributes | Depicted in the vestments of a deacon, holding the palm of martyrdom |
Saint Arialdo (c. 1010-June 27, 1066) is a Milanese saint of the eleventh century. He was martyred at Milan in 1066, for his attempt to reform the simoniacal and immoral clergy of that city.
He was of noble extraction, born either at Carimate or at Cutiacum (Cucciago), near Milan. After his studies, at Laon and Paris, he was made a deacon in the cathedral city of Milan in 1050. For inveighing against abuses he was excommunicated by the bishop Guido da Velate, but was immediately reinstated by Pope Stephen IX, who bade him continue the work of reformation.
He succeeded in having the bishop excommunicated because of his repeated lapses, but a riot ensued, resulting in serious injury to Arialdo. Previously an attempt had been made on his life with a poisoned sword. Later, he had been carried to an island on Lago Maggiore, where he was horribly tortured by two clerics, who mutilated his eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet, and genitalia. Once dead, they attached weights to his body and tossed it into the lake. This occurred on June 27 (sometimes given as June 26), 1066.
Veneration
Ten months after, his body was found in Lago Maggiore in a perfect state of preservation, and emitting a sweet odour. It was carried with great pomp to Milan, and exposed in the church of St. Ambrose from Ascension to Pentecost. It was subsequently interred in the church of St. Celsus, and in the following year, 1067, Pope Alexander II declared him a martyr.
See also
External links
- Template:En icon Saint Arialdo at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Template:En icon Archdiocese of Milan at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Template:It Sant' Arialdo di Milano
- Template:It icon Sant’ Arialdo da Carimate
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)