Saint
Sabaudus
A hierarch of the West, honored in the age of the undivided Church.
- Era
- 7th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Sabaudus (Sibald, sometimes Sebaldus) was archbishop of Trier in the early 7th century and is venerated as a saint in the Western Church. His episcopate is dated from 600 to 614, or, according to some sources, to around 622.
He was of Germanic descent and perhaps came from Burgundy. Probably at the urging of Queen Brunhild he was placed on the see of Trier. His existence is proven by his attendance, in October 614, at the fifth synod of Paris, just before the edict of Clothar II which restored the unity of the Frankish kingdoms. He is listed there among the metropolitans of the kingdom. A German source says he died before 620.
His name appears in the early 12th century in the lists of the Gesta Treverorum, and Baldwin of Luxembourg included him in the calendar of saints around 1345. He is commemorated on 26 November. Nothing else of his deeds survives.