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Severus of Avranches
French bishop and saint
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Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
690
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Severus of Avranches was born to a poor peasant family in France. According to historian Georges Goyau, Severus was a sixth century shepherd, "...who was perhaps Bishop of Avranches"
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4411994 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Severus of Avranches (CC BY-SA)
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