Saint

Salvius of Albi
St. Gregory and Salvius in front of King Chilperic I, from Grandes Chroniques de France de Charles V
Born
Albi
Died584
Albi
Occupations

Salvius, Salvi or Sauve (died 584) was a bishop of Albi in Francia between 574 and 584, later venerated as a saint.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] After this he was venerated in the city and was later declared to be a saint.

References

  1. Clément Compayré, Études historiques et documents inédits sur l'Albigeois, le Castrais, et l'ancien diocèse de Lavaur (Albi, 1841)
  2. Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, Book V, 44 and 50; Book VI, 29; Book VII, 1; and Book VIII, 22
  3. "Saint-Salvi". Site de la cité épiscopale d'Albi. Retrieved 12 February 2016..


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