Alvitus of León

Alvitus of León was bishop of León in Spain from 1057 until his death in 1063 at Seville. He was the son of the nobleman Aloito Fernández de Saavedra. Some sources name him as confessor to King Ferdinand I and as a Benedictine abbot of Sahagún or Samos, perhaps confusing him with another prelate of the same name.

In 1063 the king sent him to Seville, with Bishop Ordoño of Astorga, to bring back the body of Saint Justa. They did not find her relics, but through a revelation he learned the tomb of Saint Isidore. Alvitus died a week later, and Ordoño brought both bodies to León. He was not canonized and has no official prayer, but he was venerated as a saint at León; he is commemorated on 5 September (or 8 November). He lived after 1054, so he does not belong to the undivided Church.