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Saint

Avitus II of Clermont

Bishop of Clermont

Bishop of Clermont from 676 to 689; commemorated on 21 February.

Feast
February 21old style March 6
Era
unknown

Life

Holy Hierarch Avitus II of Clermont was bishop of Clermont, in Auvergne, from 676 to 689. He is described as "one of the great bishops of his age". The sources at hand do not preserve details of his episcopate.

He is venerated in the tradition of the Orthodox Church of the West as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 21 February.

Commemorated the same day February 21