St. Salvius of Amiens

Salvius, called Sauve in France, was Bishop of Amiens and was famous for miracles.

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January 11 · Bishop, Confessor

St. Salvius of Amiens

St. Salvius of Amiens

Salvius, called Sauve in France, was Bishop of Amiens and was famous for miracles.

Traditional feast

January 11
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1914)

Current feast

January 11 (also listed: October 28)
Secondary source · Wikipedia

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Bishop
Confessor

Their story

Adapted in modern English from Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints · Baring-Gould original below · little is known

Salvius, called Sauve in France, was Bishop of Amiens and was famous for miracles. Butler says he succeeded Ado in 672 and flourished under King Theodoric III; Baring-Gould, the text on this page, places him about 615. The sources differ.

His relics were later moved from Amiens cathedral to the Benedictine (monks following the Rule of St. Benedict) abbey at Montreuil in Picardy that bears his name. Butler warns that his anonymous life is of uncertain authority, and that he should not be confused with St Salvius of Albi.

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1914 book gives only 65 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

S. Salvius lived as a monk for many years, in what monastery is not known. He was afterwards elected abbot. Being chosen Bishop of Amiens, he ruled the diocese with prudence, but little or nothing is known of his acts.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Pray a little every day. Prayer runs all through this account.

Build up the community you belong to. This life was lived with and for a community.

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The full original · 65 words

Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Martyrology. There are three bishops, Saints, of this name, one Bishop of Albi, one Bishop of Angoulême, and this one, Bishop of Amiens; they are often confounded by writers.

S. Salvius lived as a monk for many years, in what monastery is not known. He was afterwards elected abbot. Being chosen Bishop of Amiens, he ruled the diocese with prudence, but little or nothing is known of his acts. As he died in an ecstasy, a brilliant light is said to have illuminated his cell, and praying with extended arms, he surrendered his soul.

Feast days

Feast: January 11

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Sources & notes

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Credits

Image: Villers-Pol (Nord,Fr) église Saint-Martin, statue St.Saulve.JPG · Havang(nl) · CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). Public domain.

Image: Havang(nl), Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.