Syagrius of Autun

Syagrius of Autun was a judge at Marseille and count of Albi, and then bishop of Autun in Gaul from around 560 until his repose in 600. He travelled with King Guntram to Nanterre for the baptism of Chlothar II. He gave hospitality to Saint Augustine of Canterbury on his way to England. Pope Gregory the Great granted him the pallium and decreed that the bishops of Autun should have precedence in France after the archbishop of Lyon. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 27 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 9 September of the civil calendar.