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Avit of Rouen
bishop of Rouen
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 2 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
201
Died
325
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Avitus of Rouen (died 325), also known as Avitien or Avidien, was the third Bishop of Rouen. He is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Avit — "Saint Avit — Évêque de Rouen (+ 325)" — the third bishop of Rouen, matching the page.
- Wikidata Q2874415 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Avitianus (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.