St. Sequanus. September 19

St. Sequanus

September 19

Abbot, also Seine. Originally a monk at Reomay, he later founded the monastery at Segreste, which attracted many monks and over which he became abbot. He was born at Mesmont, in Burgundy, France, and lived as a hermit for a time at Verreysous-Dree. The monastery was renamed Saint-Seine in his honor.

This article is about the 6th-century French abbot. For the American writer born 1978, see Cedar Sigo.

Sigo (Latin: Sequanus; French: Seine; died c. 580 AD) was a Burgundian abbot of the sixth century. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, an Orthodox saint^[1] and the reputed founder of the Abbey of Saint-Seine^[2] and in the Orthodox Church.^[3]

Life

Sigo lived in the town of Mesmont, in Burgundy. After living as a hermit for some time, the bishop of Langresordained him to the priesthood. However, he was disliked by the local clergy, so he went to the monastery of Réomé to study scripture and help the monks there. Eventually, he left to found his own monastery in the forest of Segestre, near the Seine. He gained a reputation for miracles, began gathering followers and the monastery soon flourished. The monastery attracted nearby peasants who started settling a small community around the church. This community eventually became the town of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye. Sigo died around 580 and was buried at the abbey. His relics were stolen during the French Revolution and have been presumed destroyed.^[4