Silvin of Auchy
Silvin of Auchy — Saint Silvinus or Silvin (c. 650 in Toulouse – 15 February 717 in Auchy) was an evangelist in the area of Thérouanne, which is now in northern France.
Life
Silvin was born of a notable family of the area of Toulouse and passed his first years at the courts of Childeric II and Theodoric III.[1] Shortly before a planned marriage, he renounced all worldly prospects, and retired from court.[2] He made pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to Rome, where he was ordained. He was then consecrated an itinerant bishop to preach the Gospel in the north of France. He seems to have concentrated his efforts in the Ancient Diocese of Thérouanne.[3]
He retired to the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines,[4] where he later died and was buried.[5] His body was stolen by Arnulf I and he became a central saint for the Abbey of Saint Bertin.[6]
St. Silvin is mentioned in a French legendary in Lund.[7] In Auchy he is commemorated on 15 February, his date of death; elsewhere his feast day is 17 February, the date of burial.
References
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- Back to citation Butler, Alban. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, 1866]
- Back to citation "Abbey church of Saint-Silvin et Saint-Georges", Église Ouvertes
- Back to citation "Abbaye Saint-Sylvin. Auchy", Monasterios de Hauts-de-France
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- Back to citation "A Northern French Legendary in Lund", University of Bergen