Saint Severus of Avranches

Memorial

• 1 February

Profile

Born to a poor peasant family. Worked as a shepherd in his youth. Priest. Monk. Abbot. Bishop of Avranches, France. In his later years, he resigned his see and returned to monastic life.

Born

• at Cotentin, Normandy, France

Died

• c.690 of natural causes
• relics at Rouen, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against fever
• against migraine
• drapers
• hatmakers
• hatters
• milliners
• silk workers
• weavers
• wool manufacturers
• wool weavers

Representation

• bishop with a horse nearby

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Severus of Avranches”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 January 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-severus-of-avranches/>