The monk Severinus (410-482), who came from a noble Roman family, was born in North Africa. The name means "the austere one". He retired to the Roman province of Noricum (area between Passau and Vienna), which is where his name Severinus of Noricum comes from. In Favianis, today's Mautern near the town of Krems in the Lower Austrian wine-growing region of Wachau, he lived as a hermit surrounded by vineyards.

The picture on the left is a depiction of the saint on the altar of St Severin in Naples (around 1470). The picture on the right shows a historicised depiction of the departure of the Roman provincials with the body of St. Severin.
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