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Avitus of Vienne

Latin poet and archbishop of Vienne

b. 470 CE – d. 523 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus (c. 470 – February 5, 523) is a Latin poet and archbishop of Vienne in Gaul.

Avitus was born of a prominent Gallo-Roman senatorial family in the kinship of Emperor Avitus.

Moran, J. (2017). Avitus of Vienne. History Atlas. Retrieved 4 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/avitus-of-vienne/

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