Aprus of Sens

Saint Aprus of Sens, a venerable father (also Aper, Apre, Epvre, Evre or Avre), was a priest and hermit of the 7th century. His veneration as a saint was confirmed by Pope Pius X on 9 December 1903. He is remembered on 5 December (in some places 4 December or 25 October) in the Western calendar.

According to a late life, he was born at Sennicum (perhaps today Sens or Senez) and was ordained priest at Grenoble, where he served at first, then as parish priest at La Terrasse. The legend says that he miraculously turned aside the course of the river Isère to recover the body of his relative Aprunculus, who had drowned, and raised him to life. He left the diocese of Grenoble in the time of Bishop Hesychius and moved to the diocese of Maurienne, under Bishop Leporius.

He lived as a hermit near La Chambre and Saint-⁠Jean-⁠de-⁠Maurienne and founded, in a village that bears his name, a refuge for pilgrims and the poor. He died around 650. The communes of Saint-⁠Avre in Savoy and Saint-⁠Aupre in Isère bear his name.