Severus

Saint Severus, hierarch, was the fourth bishop of Rouen in Normandy in the fourth century, after Avicianus, and shepherded from 325 until his death in 341. No more is known of his life. He should not be confused with Severus of Ravenna, who lived at the same time (the confusion between the two saints seems old), nor with Severus of Avranches, in whose honor the former suburb of Saint-⁠Sever and the church of Saint-⁠Sever in Rouen, which received his relics, were named. Severus of Rouen is commemorated on 1 November (new style). He is venerated in the Catholic Church, as a saint of the undivided Church.