Saint Sacerdos (Sardot or Serdot) of Lyon (487 – 552) was

Archbishop of Lyon The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archbishops ...

from 544 to 552. He is venerated as a

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in the

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whose

feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...

is 12 September.

Life

Sacerdos was the son of St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon, and his wife. Sacerdos was a distinguished Bishop of Lyons who He presided at the

Fifth Council of Orléans The Fifth Council of Orléans (28 October 549) assembled nine archbishops and forty-one bishops. Sacerdos of Lyon presided over this council. The presence of these bishops indicates both the wide spread of Christianity in Gaul by the sixth century, ...

in 549 He is thought to have built the

Église Saint-Paul The Église Saint-Paul is a Roman Catholic church architecture, church located in Lyon, France. It is situated in the Vieux Lyon, in the Saint-Paul (Lyon), Saint-Paul quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The cathedral is in the Romanesque a ...

, and the Church of Saint-Eulalia, which later became the Église Saint-Georges.Bonato, Mauro. "San Sacerdote di Lione", Santi e Beati, December 13, 2016
/ref> His son Saint Aurelianus was an

Archbishop of Arles The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France.Nicetius of Lyon Saint Nicetius (Nicetus, Nicet or Nizier) (513 – 2 April 573) was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Life Nicetius was descended ...

(Nizier) succeeded him as

. He died at Paris, King Childebert, whose adviser he had been, assisting at his deathbed. His remains were transported to Lyons,Monks of Ramsgate. “Sacerdos”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 September 2016
/ref> where he was buried in the church of the Apostles, later known as the Church of Saint Nicholas.

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External links

Saints of September 12: Sacerdos of Lyon
{{authority control 487 births 551 deaths Archbishops of Lyon 6th-century archbishops 6th-century Frankish saints 6th-century Burgundian bishops