- Source: Salvius of Albi
Salvius, Salvi or Sauve (died 584) was a bishop of Albi in Francia between 574 and 584, later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. His feast day is 10 September.
Family
He came from a powerful family within the church, which contributed many bishops in the south of France through the end and fall of the Roman Empire. He was a distant relation of Gregory of Tours who wrote his life. He was also a relative of Saint Didier of Cahors.
Life
Salvius was educated in law and humanities, before becoming a lawyer in Albi. Later he became a monk and a hermit and was made bishop in 574.
As bishop he intervened with the powerful Chilperic I and stayed in Albi to take care of his flock during a famine and a plague epidemic to which he succumbed in 584.
He was buried in his monastery but his remains were later moved to the church of Saint-Salvi in Albi. Their exact location is now lost because of renovation in the 18th century. After this he was venerated in the city and was later declared to be a saint.
References
External links
Histoire des Francs: Livre VII by Gregory of Tours (in French)
Book Seven of History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (in English)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Salvius of Albi
- Salvius
- Saint Salvius
- Albi
- Salvius of Amiens
- Immurement
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi
- Salvi
- Saint-Saire
- MS Ham. 78.A.5
