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Saint Vigor (French: Saint Vigor Vigeur) (died 537 AD) was a French bishop and Christian missionary. Born in Artois he studied at Arras under Saint Vedast. Against the opposition of his father he became a priest running away from home to become one. He became a preaching hermit at Ravière and worked as a missionary. In 513 he was named bishop of Bayeux.He opposed paganism founding a monastery later known as Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.
