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Saint Aprus (Aper, Apre, Epvre, Evre, Avre) was a 7th-century French priest and hermit. He is the namesake of Saint-Avre. A native of Sens, he was a hermit near La Chambre 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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Pope Telesphorus was the bishop of Rome from c. 126 to his death c. 137, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was of Greek ancestry and born in Terranova da Sibari, Calabria, Italy. The Carmelites venerate Telesphorus as a patron saint of the order since some sources depict him as a hermit living on Mount Carmel. He is also a Martyr according to the ancient testimony of Irenaeus.
A hermit, or eremite, is a person who lives in seclusion from society, usually for religious reasons. Hermits are a part of several sections of Christianity, and the concept is found in other religions as well.
Onuphrius or Onoufrios lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy, and as Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy.
Verneuil-sur-Avre is a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton.
Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul, the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, or in Egyptian Arabic as Anba Bola, Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; is regarded as the first Christian hermit, who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert from the age of sixteen to the age of one hundred and thirteen years old. He is not to be confused with Paul the Simple, who was a disciple of Anthony the Great. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church as well as the Orthodox Church.
The arrondissement of Bernay is an arrondissement of France in the Eure department in the Normandy region. It has 297 communes. Its population is 227,054 (2016), and its area is 3,226.7 km2 (1,245.8 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Dreux is an arrondissement of France in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 108 communes. Its population is 129,414 (2016), and its area is 1,500.5 km2 (579.3 sq mi).
Boves is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Becquigny is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
L'Échelle-Saint-Aurin is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Saint-Avre is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Saint-Christophe-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north western France.
Saint-Victor-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is a commune Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located close to the Avre river and the border with the Eure department.
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Saint Thomas the Hermit is a Saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church, he is also known as "Saint Thomas the Anchorite", "Saint Thomas of Shenshif" or simply as "Abba Thomas"[(Coptic word meaning Father) (Αw-ba)Sahidic (Αw-va)Bohairic]. Saint Thomas was born in Upper Egypt, in a small village known as "Shenshif". He is revered by the Coptic Orthodox Church, since he is one of the early Anchorites, or Desert Fathers. Little is commonly known about him.
The canton of Verneuil-sur-Avre is an administrative division of the Eure department, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton.
The canton of Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets is an administrative division of the Eure-et-Loir department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets.