Saint Syagrius (french: Saint-Siacre, link=no; died 600 AD) was a

bishop of Autun The Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), more simpl ...

. His

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 August 27 (September 2 in some martyrologies). He was bishop of Autun from around 560 until his death and travelled to Nanterre with Guntram for the baptism of Chlothar II. He provided hospitality to Saint

Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church.Delaney '' ...

on the latter's way to England. Pope Gregory I granted Syagrius the pallium and decreed that the bishops of Autun have precedence in France after the archbishop of Lyon.

Biography

Syagrius was son of Bishop (later Saint)

Desideratus of Verdun Desideratus (died 550) was a French saint from Soissons in the Christian church. Disideratus came from a family of saints, as his father, Auginus, mother, Agia, and brothers Desiderius and Deodatus, were all canonized. The parents taught the ...

, who was killed by Sirivald, for reasons of rivalry and revenge. Syagrius organized a punitive expedition in 554, to assassinate Sirivald in a villa, after murdering a first person by mistake, they returned to fulfil its mission. In 567, he participated in the Second Synod of Lyon, and 573 in the Third Synod of Paris convened by Guntram, and the Second Council of Mâcon in 581, and 583 in the Third Council of Lyons. He received 596 monks sent by

Pope Gregory Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes and two Antipopes: *Pope Gregory I ("the Great"; 590–604), after whom the Gregorian chant is named *Pope Gregory II (715–731) *Pope Gregory III (731–741) *Pope Gregory IV (827–844) * ...

the Great on a mission to convert England, led by the monk

. Bishop Syagrius convinced

Queen Brunhild Brunhilda (c. 543–613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson. In her long and complicated career she ruled the eastern ...

to build in Autun three institutions that would play a big role in the history of the city: the Abbey of St Andoche, a hospice and Benedictine nunnery; the Abbey of St. John the Great, also a Benedictine nunnery; and the Abbey of St Martin, a Benedictine monastery.

Venantius Fortunatus Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus ( 530 600/609 AD; french: Venance Fortunat), known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus (, ), was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerate ...

who was a brilliant composer of complicated poetry sent many acrostics to Syagrius.Fortunat, L.V, c.6, Pub. dans Nisard, "Coll des auteurs latins? Ausone, Sidoine Appolinaire, Fortunat", Paris, Firmin Didot, 1887, p. 138–141 et 147 in: Paul Deschamps & Marc Thibout, ''La Peinture murale en France'', Librairie Plon, 1951, in-8 carré, p. 12.

Veneration

His relics can be seen at

Val-de-Grâce The (' or ') was a military hospital located at in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was closed as a hospital in 2016. History The church of the was built by order of Queen Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. After the birth of h ...

in Paris.

References

External links

Saints of August 27: Syagrius
6th-century births 600 deaths Bishops of Autun 6th-century Frankish bishops 6th-century Frankish saints {{france-bishop-stub