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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Aventinus of Troyes

Saint honored at Troyes in France; the sources preserve few details about him.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
February 4old style February 17
Era
unknown

Life

Aventinus of Troyes is remembered as a servant of Lupus, bishop of Troyes. According to the Spanish Wikipedia he was a French layman; tradition shows him as a cleric, but there is no proof of his ordination. He was probably born at Bourges, into a wealthy family. A Swahili article calls him a priest and then abbot who ransomed many slaves, and gives 4 February 538 as the date of his death, but the sources do not agree. He is remembered on 4 February (new style).

Commemorated the same day February 4