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Sacerdos of Lyon
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Saint Sacerdos (Sardot or Serdot) of Lyon (487 – 552[1]) was Archbishop of Lyon from 544 to 552. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church[2] whose feast day is 12 September.[3]
Life
[edit]Sacerdos was the son of St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon, and his wife.[4]
Sacerdos was a distinguished Bishop of Lyon who He presided at the Fifth Council of Orléans in 549[5][6] He is thought to have built the Église Saint-Paul,[7] and the Church of Saint-Eulalia, which later became the Église Saint-Georges.[8]
His son Saint Aurelianus was an Archbishop of Arles. His nephew Nicetius of Lyon (Nizier) succeeded him as Archbishop of Lyon.
He died at Paris, King Childebert, whose adviser he had been, assisting at his deathbed. His remains were transported to Lyons,[9] where he was buried in the church of the Apostles, later known as the Church of Saint Nicholas.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Archevêques de Lyon, p. 26
- ^ Archdiocese of Lyon, France at Catholic Saints.info.
- ^ Christian Settipani, Les ancêtres de Charlemagne, 1989
- ^ Heinzelmann, Martin. Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2001. p, 21 ISBN 9780521631747
- ^ Bernard Berthod, Jacqueline Boucher, Bruno Galland, Régis Ladous and André Pelletier, Archevêques de Lyon, Lyon, Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 2012, 191 p. (ISBN 9782841472284, notice BnF no FRBNF43719523)
- ^ Emmanuel Bernot, Clémence Mège, Émilie Robert, Céline Cadieu-Dumont et Audrey Baradat, Rapport de fouilles archéologiques préventives « La cure de Saint-Georges » : vol. 1 : Texte, Service archéologique de la ville de Lyon - Direction des affaires culturelles, juillet 2007.
- ^ "L'église Saint Paul" (in French). Vieux Lyon. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ a b Bonato, Mauro. "San Sacerdote di Lione", Santi e Beati, December 13, 2016
- ^ Monks of Ramsgate. “Sacerdos”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 September 2016
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