Saint Séverin d'Agaune

Severinus of Agaune (or Saint Severinus, Saint Servin, Saint Sevrin, Sanctus Severinus), who died on February 11, 507, in Château-Landon, France, was an abbot of Agaune at Saint-Maurice in Valais, Switzerland. The name comes from the Latin Severinus or Severus, meaning grave, serious, or austere, with the diminutive suffix -inus. Servin is explained by metathesis.