Saint Urielle (; ; ), also known as Eurielle, Curielle, or Arielle, was a mythical

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venerated in the

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region.

Tradition

Urielle was one of the daughters of , legendary king of

, 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,

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, and

Winnoc Winnoc (c. 640-c. 716/717) was an abbot or prior of Wormhout. Three lives of the saint are extant ( BHL 8952-4). The best of them is the first life, which was written by a monk of Bertin in the mid-9th century or perhaps a century earlier.

, thus making Urielle a sister of the three saints'. Her sister Onenne 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

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to deserve

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." Urielle is said to be the eldest daughter of Judaël.

Parish

Urielle was

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of an , which was absorbed into the parish of

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on June 23, 1819. A 16th-century polychrome wooden statue of Saint Urielle is kept in the Parish Church of Saint-Pierre.

References

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