Sigon

Sigon (in Latin Sigo, also called Sige or Sigues) was bishop of Clermont in Auvergne from 861 to 873. He is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, which remembers him locally on 10 February.

In 863 he was driven from his see and deprived of his revenues by Count Stephen of Auvergne, who tried to put a cleric named Adon in his place. Pope Nicholas wrote to the count to restore Sigon to his see and give back his authority and rights, threatening to summon him to Rome if he did not obey. Sigon was restored.

He rebuilt the diocese after the material and moral ruins of the Norman invasions and cared for damaged churches. The first he is said to have attended to is Notre-⁠Dame-⁠du-⁠Port, which he returned to its former splendor; the church, founded by Saint Avitus, remains today a fine example of Auvergne Romanesque art. He took part in the council of Soissons in 866 (perhaps 853). He died around 873 and was buried in Notre-⁠Dame-⁠du-⁠Port.

He is a local saint of the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.