Saint Avitus of Périgord

Memorial

• 22 March

Profile

Soldier in the army of Alaric. Captured at the Battle of Vouillé and taken to Paris, France. When released he became a monk in Poitou, France, and then a hermit in the area of Perigord and Ruffec.

Died

• 518 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Kirken i Norge
• Kirken i Norge
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Avitus of Périgord”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 March 2012. Web. 18 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-avitus-of-perigord/>