From Deacon to Bishop; friend of Augustine

St. Aurelius

                                 

St. Aurelius

 

Feastday: July 20
Died: 429

Bishop and companion of St. Augustine of Hippo. Aurelius was a deacon at Carthage and became the bishop of that see in 392. He was a vigorous foe of the heresies of the time, His complaints about the loyalties of the local clergy prompted St. Augustine to write On the Work of Monks .