[[File:Nice,cathédrale,extérieur06.jpg|thumb|right|Saint Syagrius: statue on the west front of Nice Cathedral]] '''Syagrius''' (d. 787 or 788) was the bishop of Nice and the legendary founder and first abbot of the abbey of Saint-Pons de Cimiez.<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/saint-syagrius-of-nice/ Catholicsaints.info: Saint Syagrius of Nice]</ref><ref>Charles-Alexandre Fighiera, ''Abbots of Saint-Pons in Nice'', Nice History, 1970, No. 65 pp 3-40</ref><ref>M le Comte E. Cais de Pierlas, ed. Gustave Saige, ''Chartrier de l'abbaye de Saint-Pons hors les murs de Nice'' (p. 549), Monaco 1903</ref> He is considered a saint by the Catholic Church<ref>Goyau, Georges, "Diocese of Nice" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911</ref> and in the Eastern Orthodox Church.<ref>[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3350/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Συάγριος. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ]</ref>
Originally a monk from Lérins Abbey, Syagrius founded the abbey of Saint Pons in 775-777. Legend describes him as a nephew of Charlemagne but his dates do not support such a relationship.<ref>Bonaventure Salvetti, ''L'abbaye de Saint-Pons hors les murs de Nice: essai historique'' (Serre Editeur, 1925) [https://books.google.com/books?id=1oJljIR6BPMC&dq=Saint+Syagrius+Nice&pg=PA26 p 26]</ref>
Syagrius's ''vita'' relates that as a man he was discreet, always active and full of zeal for the salvation of souls, and that he performed a miracle by resurrecting a child killed by a horse.<ref>[http://www.samuelephrem.eu/2016/05/syagrius-de-nice.html Syagrius de Nice - Le blog de samuelephrem]</ref>
Syagrius died in 787 or 788. His feast day is on 23 May.
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==Further reading== *Passet, Claude. ''La Passion de Pons de Cimiez (Passio Pontii): sources et tradition''. Nice, 1977.
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