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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 2, 11. Of the Emperor Avitus
Avitus, a man of senatorial rank and, as is well known, a citizen of Clermont, succeeded in attaining the imperial dignity.1 As he was inclined to wantonness, he was deposed by the Roman Senate and consecrated bishop of Placentia. But receiving tidings that the Senate was still resentful and had designs upon his life, he sought the church of Julian the Arvernian martyr, bearing with him many gifts. But on the way his earthly course was run, and he died, and his body was borne to the town of Brioude, where it was buried at the feet of the above-named martyr. He was succeeded by Martian, and in Gaul the Roman Aegidius was appointed master of the soldiery.
Notes
- A. D. 456 or 457.