Saint Ardo Smaragdus
Ardo Smaragdus (died March 843 AD) was a hagiography, hagiographer. He entered the monastery of Aniane in Hérault as a boy, probably as an oblate, and was brought up by Benedict of Aniane, Saint Benedict of Aniane. He was ordination, ordained a priest and made head of the monastery school.Ott, Michael. "Ardo Smaragdus." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 23 September 2021 In 794, he accompanied Benedict to the Council of Frankfurt. and in 814, he replaced Benedict as abbot after the latter joined the imperial court at Aix-la-Chapelle. Smaragdus wrote a life of St. Benedict of Aniane in 822, one of the most reliable hagiological productions of that period. He himself was honored as a saint at his monastery after his death.

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Aniane
Aniane (; oc, Aniana) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also * Benedict of Aniane * Pont du Diable, Hérault * Mas de Daumas Gassac *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):