Feast August 23
Sidoine d'Aix
Bishop, patron of Aix-en-Provence · Feast August 23
Biography
St. Sidonius is traditionally held to be St. Maximinus of Aix's successor as Archbishop of Aix. He is also traditionally held to be a blind man healed by Jesus. The incident is often held to be Jesus healing the man blind from birth in John 9, but the man healed in this incident is more commonly associated with St. Celidonius, Protobishop of Nîmes. The name Sidonius literally means "from Sidon", so he could have been part of the Syro-Phoenician crowd that followed Jesus in Matthew 15:21 and Mark 7:24.
Feast day
August 23
Patronage
- Aix-en-Provence
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
8
Feast day of month
23
