Salvius of Amiens

Holy Hierarch Salvius of Amiens was bishop of Amiens in northern France in the seventh century. He was born into a wealthy family of Amiens and founded a monastery of the Mother of God at Montreuil, where he was a monk and then abbot. He wished for the hermit's life but was set at the head of the diocese of Amiens; he travelled through it preaching, fought what remained of paganism and built the first cathedral in the centre of the city. Tradition credits him with finding the relics of the martyr Firmin at Abladène. He reposed around 625, according to some sources earlier. His relics are at Montreuil, and the village of Saint-⁠Saulve near Valenciennes bears his name. He is a saint of the undivided Church, remembered on 12 January in the Western calendar (new style); in the Roman Church he is now remembered on 28 October.