St. Ardo
Ardo of Aniane
Feast day: March 7
Death: 843
Born in Languedoc, France; died in 843. Saint Ardo changed his baptismal name of Smaragdus on entering the abbey of Aniane under its first abbot Saint Benedict. He became director of the schools attached to the abbey, Saint Benedict's travelling companion and secretary and eventually also his biographerand his successor at Aniane when Benedict went to reside at Aix-la-Chapelle /Aachen, Germany. His cultus was well established at Aniane at an early date
Ardo of Aniane
Feast day: March 7
Death: 843
Born in Languedoc, France; died in 843. Saint Ardo changed his baptismal name of Smaragdus on entering the abbey of Aniane under its first abbot Saint Benedict. He became director of the schools attached to the abbey, Saint Benedict's travelling companion and secretary and eventually also his biographerand his successor at Aniane when Benedict went to reside at Aix-la-Chapelle /Aachen, Germany. His cultus was well established at Aniane at an early date
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