monastery
Favianis (Severinus of Noricum)
Mautern an der Donau, Austria · North & Northeast Europe
48.394, 15.578
Attested. Attested by Eugippius, written c. 511 by a member of Severinus's community.
In the 450s-480s the monk Severinus organized famine relief, ransoms and defense for the Roman towns of Noricum as the Danube frontier collapsed. He built his main monastery near Favianis and died there in 482. His disciple Eugippius's Life is a vivid eyewitness source for the end of Roman rule on the Danube.
Source stance: insider. Disciple's hagiography.
People and groups named here
- Severinus of Noricum
- Eugippius (biographer)
- Feletheus (Feva), king of the Rugii
Sources
- Eugippius, Life of St. Severinus (Favianis, chs. 3-4 and later)
tr. G. W. Robinson, Harvard (1914), public domain; tertullian.org. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 118673: Faviana
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Severinus of Noricum (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.