Confessor
Savinus of Poitiers
A confessor of the faith, honored in the region of Poitiers in Gaul.
- Feast
- July 11old style July 24
- Era
- 5th century
- Place
- Poitiers
- Order
- Confessors
Life
Saint Savinus of Poitiers lived in the fifth century and is venerated near Poitiers in Gaul (France). He is said to have been a disciple of Saint Germanus of Auxerre. The calendar calls him a confessor, while local tradition considers him a martyr. The sources preserve no further details of his life.
He is commemorated on 11 July among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
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