Ancient History, Late Roman and Byzantine: Biographies

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Avitus, St

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Avitus, St (d. c.518), Bp. of Vienne from c.490. Of Roman senatorial family, he succeeded to the see on the death of his father. He exercised an enduring influence on the ecclesiastical life of Burgundy and won the Arian King Sigismund to the acceptance of Catholic orthodoxy. Feast day, 5 Feb.

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Avitus , d. 456?, Roman emperor of the West (455-56). He was proclaimed emperor in Gaul with the support of the Visigoths but was deposed by Ricimer . He was elected bishop of Placentia but died soon afterward.

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