Name
Avitus, abbot of Le Perche, ob. c. 525
Saint ID
S01307
Number in BH
BHL 879-883
Reported Death Not Before
519
Reported Death Not After
533
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02756 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (97), tells how *Avitus (abbot of Le Perche, ob. c. 525, S01307) was buried at Orléans (north-west Gaul), and a church built over his tomb; a man who went to work on the feast day of the saint was immediately punished with a twisted neck, but released after praying assiduously at the shrine. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E04854 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 June. | E07779 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.2), describes how King Guntram, after visiting the shrines of several unnamed saints (S00518), came to his lodging in Orléans (north-west Gaul), near the church of *Avitus (abbot of Le Perche, ob. c. 525, S01307) and was given bread from the mass for *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), 5 July 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594. |
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