Saint Aprus (''Aper, Apre, Epvre, Evre, Avre'') was a 7th-century French priest and

hermit A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions. Description In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Ch ...

. He is the namesake of Saint-Avre. A native of

Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second city of the d ...

, he was a hermit near

La Chambre La Chambre (; frp, La Shanbra) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 communes of the Savoie departme ...

and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. He founded a refuge for pilgrims and the poor in the village named after him. His feast day is December 5.

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*http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=007HMJ French hermits 7th-century Frankish saints People from Sens {{France-saint-stub