Silvin of Auchy

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Saint Silvinus or Silvin (c. 650 in Toulouse – 15 February 717 or 718 in Auchy) was an evangelist in the area of Thérouanne, which is now in northern France. He retired in the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines.[citation needed] His body was stolen by Arnulf I and he became a central saint for the Abbey of Saint Bertin.[1]

His feast day is 17 February.

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  1. ^ Vanderputten, Steven (2012). "Crises of Cenobitism: Abbatial Leadership and Monastic Competition in Late Eleventh-Century Flanders". The English Historical Review. 127 (525): 259–284.
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