Abbot who tried to save St. Sigismund and his family. Avitus was a monk of Men at in Auvergne, France, who was elected abbot against his will. He tried to halt the execution of St. Sigismund and his wife and sons, by King Clodomir, but was not successful. Soon after, he retired to a hermitage near Maine, in Perche province, France. There he built a new monastery and church with the patronage of King Clotaire.
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