June 27th

Blessed Arialdus

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Milan, Italy

At Milan in Lombardy, Saint Arialdus, deacon and martyr, who strongly opposed the corrupt ways of simoniacal and depraved clergy, and out of zeal for the house of God was put to death by two clerics with atrocious tortures.

Latin Original

Mledioláni in Langobárdia, sancti Ariáldi, diáconi et mártyris, qui insánis clericórum móribus simoniacórum et depravatórum fórtiter Óbstitit et ob zelum erga domum Dei a duóbus cléricis atrócibus cruciátibus interféctus est.