Saint
Sobon
A saint of the West, honored by the undivided Church.
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- Reposed
- 94910th century
- Order
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Life
Sobon (in Latin Sobonis) was archbishop of Vienne in Dauphiné in the 10th century, and he died in February 949.
He is said to have been the son of the viscount of Vienne, Berlion, and his wife, Ermengard. This descent rests on a charter of July, probably 940 or the following year, in which appear my brother Sobon, archbishop, and our parents Berlion and Ermengard. He probably ascended the see of Vienne on 26 December 926, as successor of Alexander I; historians discuss whether he was first coadjutor of Alexander as early as 927. His first mention dates from 25 December 927.
Our sources show nothing of a veneration of him as a saint and give no day of remembrance; he is counted among the saints of the 10th century in some Western lists. No Orthodox synodal canonization is known.