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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Aventinus of Chartres

Bishop of Chartres

Bishop of Chartres in Gaul, reposed around 520.

Feast
February 4old style February 17
Reposed
5206th century
Place
Chartres
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Holy Hierarch Aventinus of Chartres was a bishop in Gaul, in the region of Chartres, and he reposed around the year 520. According to Orthodox England he succeeded his brother, Saint Solemnis, in the see. Another source says that Solemnis, Bishop of Chartres, detached part of his diocese so that Aventinus could become the first Bishop of Châteaudun. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 4 February (new calendar).

Commemorated the same day February 4