Sigo

Sigo (Sequanus, Seine) (died c. 580) was a Burgundian abbot of the 6th century. He is the reputed founder of the abbey of Saint-Seine. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and an Orthodox saint.^[1] His feastday is September 19, both in the Roman Catholic Church^[2] and in the Orthodox Church.^[3]

Life

Sigo was born in the small village of Mesmont, in Burgundy. After living as a hermit for some time, the bishop of Langres ordained him to the priesthood. However, he was unliked by the local clergy and went to the monastery of Réomé, studying the scriptures and helping the monks. Eventually, he left to found his own monastery in the forest of Segestre, near the Seine. He gained a reputation for miracles, gathering followers and the monastery soon flourished. The monastery attracted the nearby peasants to form a small community around the church, which eventually became the town of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye. Sigo died around 580 and was buried at the abbey. Unfortunately, his relics were stolen during the French Revolution and were presumably destroyed.^[4]

References

1. .
2. Catholic online
3. Orthodox Calendar
4. Butler, Alban (December 1, 1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints (New Full ed.). St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota: Christian Classics. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-8146-2385-9.

External links

• Wilhelm Kohl (1995). "Sigo". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 9. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1400–1401. ISBN 3-88309-058-1.