Biography
Ayraldus of Maurienne
About Ayraldus of Maurienne
Ayraldus was a canon associated with Hugh of Grenoble before becoming bishop of Maurienne in the twelfth century. Charters identify him as a former dean of Saint-André.
Later tradition presents him as a Carthusian monk before his episcopate. Historian Sylvain Excoffon concludes that the surviving evidence does not establish that earlier Carthusian membership.
Nominis lists his local commemoration on January 2.
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