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Saint Equitius (Italian: Sant’Equizio) was an abbot of the 6th century. He was born between 480 and 490 in the region of Valeria Suburbicaria (present-day L’Aquila-Rieti-Tivoli). Gregory the Great refers to Equitius in his Dialogues (I4 in PL LXXVII coll. 165-77) and states that Equitius was a follower of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Equitius worked to spread monasticism in Italy and the West but was never ordained as a priest.