Saint Aignan (stained-glass window in the church of Saint-Aignan, Chartres)
Bishop of Orléans
Born
c. 358 Vienne, Isère
Died
453 Orléans, France
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
pre-congregation
Major shrine
Church of Saint Aignan, Orléans
Feast
17 November
Attributes
bishop praying on the top of the walls of Orléans
Patronage
city and diocese of Orléans
Aignan or Agnan (Latin: Anianus) (358–453), seventh Bishop of Orléans, France, assisted Roman general Flavius Aetius in the defense of the city against Attila the Hun in 451. He is known as Saint Aignan.
Aignan or Agnan (Latin: Anianus) (358–453), seventh Bishop ofOrléans, France, assisted Roman general Flavius Aetius in the defense of the city against...
Aignan may refer to: Aignan, Gers, a commune of France AignanofOrleans (358–453), Bishop ofOrleans, canonized Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (born 1961), French...
established in Tihany in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1055. Its patrons are the Virgin Mary and Saint AignanofOrleans. The Benedictine monastery in Tihany...
writer Anianus of Celeda, early 5th-century deacon and supporter of Pelagius AignanofOrleans, also known as Anianus, Bishop ofOrléans, canonized A 4th...
Patriarch of Antioch. The last universally binding decision, of the Great Sanhedrin, establishes a fixed Hebrew calendar. AignanofOrleans, Christian...
Fehérvár'). The Benedictine abbey of Tihany was founded by King Andrew I and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and AignanofOrleans. The establishing charter...
example, the author of her vita compares her to Martin of Tours, who saved Worms, and AignanofOrléans, who organised the defense ofOrléans, also like Genevieve...
Christian feast days: Acisclus AignanofOrleans Elizabeth of Hungary Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church) Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)...
bishop, theologian and writer (d. 417) 358 AignanofOrleans, Christian bishop (d. 453) 359 Godigisel, king of the Vandals (d. 406) Gratian, Roman emperor...
the Bishop ofOrléans, Theodulf, as abbot of Fleury-Saint-Benoît, abbot of Micy, abbot of Saint-AignanofOrleans and of Saint-Liphard of Meung-sur-Loire...
Monastic houses in the Kingdom of Hungary include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. Topor, István : Szerzetesek és...
threshold, including Nicolas Dupont-Aignan's Debout la France (DLF) and Benoît Hamon's Génération.s, the scores of which (both slightly above 3%) nevertheless...
and around the diocese ofOrleans. Euspicius died on June 10, 510 and was buried in Orléans next to Saint Aignan in the church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Bœufs...
Gaufridus had been Canon of the Collegiate Church of S. Aignan in Orleans, and Canon of Beauvais and Sens. He was Chancellor of the Church of Bayeux. Gottfried...
traditional founding of Fleury as by Leodebaldus, abbot of St-Aignan (Orléans) about 640, in the existing Gallo-Roman villa of Floriacum, in the Vallis...