Severus of Avranches

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|name=Severus of Avranches

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|death_date= c. 690

|feast_day= 1 February

|venerated_in=Catholic Church
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|birth_place= Cotentin, Normandy, France

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|titles=Bishop and Abbot

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|canonized_date=Pre-Congregation

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|attributes=Bishop with a nearby horse

|patronage=against fever; against migraine; drapers; fever; hatmakers; hatters; migraine; milliners; silk workers; weavers; wool manufacturers; wool weavers

|major_shrine= Rouen, France

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Severus of Avranches was born to a poor peasant family in France. According to historian Georges Goyau, Severus was a sixth century shepherd, "...who was perhaps Bishop of Avranches"[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04455b.htm Goyau, Georges. "Coutances." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 12 December 2021 {{PD-notice}}

He was a shepherd in his youth. After joining the priesthood, he rose through the ranks of monk, priest and later abbot. He eventually became bishop of Avranches. It appears that he was dragged by the local clergy from his forest cell to undergo consecration.[https://catholicherald.co.uk/walthers-saints-of-the-week-28-january-3-february/ Walther, Matthew. "Severus of Avranches", Catholic Herald, January 28, 2018] In his later years, he resigned his bishopric and returned to monastic life.