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Calmet printed in 1734, in two volumes, in 4to. Maire, and in some places, by mistake, St. See an historical panegyric on his virtues, spoken soonafter his death by a certain Greek philosopher named Nicephorus, in theBollandists. SEVERINUS, of a noble family in Burgundy, was educated in theCatholic faith, at a time when the Arian heresy reigned in that country.

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