Saint Urielle ( br, Santez Uriell; french: Sainte Urielle, link=no; ), also known as Eurielle, Curielle,
or Arielle, was a mythical
Christian saint of
Armorica venerated in the
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Brittany
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region.
Tradition
Urielle was one of the daughters of , legendary king of
Armorica, and Pritelle, whom he married around 590.
Hoël III was equated to (also spelled Judhaël; reigned 580–605),
Breton king of
Armorican Dumnonia and father of
Judicael,
Judoc
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, and
Winnoc, thus making Urielle a sister of the three saints'. Her sister is also venerated as a saint. According to in his , "the two holy princesses were so detached from all the seduction of vulgar souls, that they constantly labored to gain enough
merit
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to deserve
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."
Urielle is said to be the eldest daughter of Judaël.
Parish
Urielle was
patroness
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of an , which was absorbed into the parish of
Trédias on June 23, 1819. A 16th-century polychrome wooden statue of Saint Urielle is kept in the Parish Church of Saint-Pierre.
See also
*
Saint Uriel
*
List of Breton saints
References
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Female saints of medieval Brittany
6th-century Breton women
7th-century Breton people
7th-century Christian saints
Daughters of kings
Armorica
Uriel
6th-century Breton people
Medieval Breton saints