Jul 302012
 

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(Alcimus Ecdicius) (c.451-525) Poet, Bishop of Vienne, born Vienne (now France). He opposed Arianism and advocated papal authority as the main bulwark of religious unity. He is the author of a poem dealing with the scriptural narrative of original sin, expulsion from paradise, the Deluge, and crossing of the Red Sea; Milton made use of this in preparing Paradise Lost. Relics at Vienne. Feast, 5 February.

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  • “Saint Avitus”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 July 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-avitus/>