Saint Silvinus or Silvin (c. 650 in

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– 15 February 717 or 718 in

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) was an

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in the area of

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, which is now in northern

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. He retired in the

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of Auchy-les-Moines. His

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is 17 February.

External links

Silvinus at Patron Saints Index17 February saints at St. Patrick's Church
650 births 710s deaths 8th-century Frankish saints French Benedictines {{France-saint-stub