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Saint Braulio of Zaragoza - March 18 Feast 18 March/ 26 March (Spain) Patronage Aragon Saint Braulio or Braulius (Latin: Braulius Caesaraugustanus; 590 – 651 AD) was bishop of Zaragoza and a learned …More
Saint Braulio of Zaragoza - March 18
Feast 18 March/ 26 March (Spain)
Patronage Aragon
Saint Braulio or Braulius
(Latin: Braulius Caesaraugustanus; 590 – 651 AD) was bishop of Zaragoza and a learned cleric living in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. He succeeded his brother John in the see where he had previously been archdeacon. He was an advisor and confidante of several Visigoth kings, including Chindasuinth, whose son Recceswinth he recommended be installed as associate king.
He wrote a life of San Millan. He is reported to have encouraged Isidore of Seville in his encyclopaedic ambitions, and to have had a hand in the revision of his works. He was present at the councils of Toledo in 633, 636, and 638 and he responded on behalf of the Iberian clergy to Pope Honorius I's charge that they were neglectful of their duties. He went blind before death. He was buried in what is now the church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza. He was succeeded as bishop of Zaragoza by Taius (Taio), who …More
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Saint Braulio of Zaragoza - 18 March in Spain
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Son of Gregory of Osma, a Hispano-Roman bishop. Monk at Saint Engratia’s monastery, Zaragoza, Spain. Studied in Seville, Spain under Saint Isidore. Ordained in 624 by his brother John, archbhishop of Zaragoza. Archdeacon to John. Bishop in 631, and archbishop of Zaragoza. Noted scholar, writer, correspondent, and …More
Saint Braulio of Zaragoza - 18 March in Spain
26 March
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Son of Gregory of Osma, a Hispano-Roman bishop. Monk at Saint Engratia’s monastery, Zaragoza, Spain. Studied in Seville, Spain under Saint Isidore. Ordained in 624 by his brother John, archbhishop of Zaragoza. Archdeacon to John. Bishop in 631, and archbishop of Zaragoza. Noted scholar, writer, correspondent, and exceptional hagiographer. Advisor to kings of Spain. Fought Arianism, and converted the Visigoths from the heresy. Attended councils in Toledo in 633, 636 and 638. Collaborated with Saint Isidore to create his encyclopedic work, the Etymologies, which partially led Isidore to be proferred as the patron of computers and the Internet. His eyesight became extremely poor as he aged; we have letters in which he complained bitterly of the loss, as it put a stop to his studies.
Born
c.590
Died
c.651 at Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes
buried in the church of Nuestra Senora Merced del Pilar
Patronage
in Spain
Aragon
Saragossa
University of Zaragoza
Canonized
Pre-Congregation