Salvius, Salvi or Sauve (died 584) was a bishop of Albi in Francia between 574 and 584, later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.Clément Compayré, Études historiques et documents inédits sur l'Albigeois, le Castrais, et l'ancien diocèse de Lavaur (Albi, 1841) His feast day is 10 September.
Family He came from a powerful family within the church, which contributed many bishops in the south of France through the end and fall of the Roman Empire. He was a distant relation of Gregory of Tours who wrote his life.Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, Book V, 44 and 50; Book VI, 29; Book VII, 1; and Book VIII, 22 He was also a relative of Saint Didier of Cahors.
Life Salvius was educated in law and humanities, before becoming a lawyer in Albi. Later he became a monk and a hermit and was made bishop in 574.
As bishop he intervened with the powerful Chilperic I and stayed in Albi to take care of his flock during a famine and a plague epidemic to which he succumbed in 584.
He was buried in his monastery but his remains were later moved to the church of Saint-Salvi in Albi. Their exact location is now lost because of renovation in the 18th century.. After this he was venerated in the city and was later declared to be a saint.
References
External links Histoire des Francs: Livre VII by Gregory of Tours (in French) Book Seven of History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (in English)