Sevilon of Verden

Sevilon of Verden is remembered as a Scottish bishop of Verden in Saxony, on 21 August. Ferrarius cites a calendar and the Scottish Breviary for his festival; he is said to be one of those who in the time of Charlemagne brought the Faith to the Saxons. Dempster writes on 21 August the name Ceuilon, bishop of Verda, in his Menologium of the Scots, and in his Ecclesiastical History counts him the fifth bishop there, a see long held by Scots. Dempster ascribes to him, without any known authority, studies in medicine and several books, and says he lived in the year 827. The Bollandists ask for more information. The day follows the Julian calendar. His veneration is uncertain; the source shows no synodal canonization.