# Syagrius of Nice

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[[File:Nice,cathédrale,extérieur06.jpg|thumb|right|Saint Syagrius: statue on the west front of [Nice Cathedral](/source/Nice_Cathedral)]]
'''Syagrius''' (d. 787 or 788) was the [bishop of Nice](/source/bishop_of_Nice) and the legendary founder and first abbot of the [abbey of Saint-Pons de Cimiez](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Pons_de_Nice).<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](/source/Roman_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](/source/May_23_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)).<ref>[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3350/sxsaintinfo.aspx  Ὁ Ὅσιος Συάγριος. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ]</ref>

Originally a monk from [Lérins Abbey](/source/L%C3%A9rins_Abbey), Syagrius founded the abbey of [Saint Pons](/source/Pontius_of_Cimiez) in 775-777. Legend describes him as a nephew of [Charlemagne](/source/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](/source/hagiography)'' 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](/source/miracle) by [resurrecting](/source/Resurrection) 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](/source/feast_day) is on 23 May.

==References==
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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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