# Avitianus

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{{short description|French Roman Catholic saint}}

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'''Avitus of Rouen''' (died 325), also known as '''Avitien''' or '''Avidien''' was the third [Bishop of Rouen](/source/Bishop_of_Rouen). He is venerated as a [Saint](/source/Saint) in the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church).

==Biography==
He was the third [bishop](/source/bishop) of [Rouen](/source/Rouen) in [Normandy](/source/Normandy), however his two predecessors are accepted as legendary.<ref>Elisabeth Deniaux, Claude Lorren, Pierre Bauduin et Thomas Jarry, La Normandie avant les Normands : de la conquête romaine à l’arrivée des Vikings, Rennes, Éditions Ouest-France, coll. « Université », 2002 ({{ISBN|2-7373-1117-9}}), p. 319</ref> He is the first historically attested bishop by his presence, with [Materne II](/source/Materne_II), [Bishop of Cologne](/source/Bishop_of_Cologne), at the first [Council of Gaul](/source/Council_of_Gaul) in [Arles](/source/Arles) in 314.<ref>Richard Allen, « The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium: study and edition » dans Tabularia « Documents », n° 9, 2009, p. 1-66.</ref><ref>Elisabeth Deniaux, Claude Lorren, Pierre Bauduin et Thomas Jarry, La Normandie avant les Normands : de la conquête romaine à l’arrivée des Vikings, Rennes, Éditions Ouest-France, coll. « Université », 2002 ({{ISBN|2-7373-1117-9}}), p. 319</ref> He succeeds [Mellonius](/source/Mellonius) and settles in Rouen from 314.<ref>François Neveux : Les Diocèses normands aux XIe et XIIe siècles; in Les évêques normands du XIe siècle, Caen 1995, p. 13.</ref>

The ''Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium'' tell us that "This blessed pontiff was an honest spirit, impeccable in his manners, and attentive to the salvation of souls under his charge".<ref>Richard Allen, « The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium: study and edition » dans Tabularia « Documents », n° 9, 2009, p. 1-66.</ref>

He is buried in the crypt of the Church of Saint-Gervais in Rouen, and his [feast day](/source/feast_day) is celebrated on 2 December.

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Category:French Roman Catholic saints
Category:3rd-century births
Category:4th-century bishops in Gaul
Category:Gallo-Roman saints
Category:325 deaths

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