Salonius
400 – 28 September 475) known as Salonius of Geneva was a confessor and bishop of the 5th century. He was a son of Eucherius of Lyon and Galla. He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.
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Salonius
- Name
- Salonius of Geneva
- Born
- c. 400
- Died
- 28 September 475
- Birthplace
- Lyon, France
- Place of death
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Nationality
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- writer · bishop
- Teachers
- Hilary of Arles · Vincent of Lérins · Salvian · Eucherius of Lyon
- Languages
- medieval Latin
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400 – 28 September 475) known as Salonius of Geneva was a confessor and bishop of the 5th century. He was a son of Eucherius of Lyon and Galla. He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.
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In 440, he was elected bishop of Geneva and, as such, took part in the Synod of Orange (441), the Synod of Vaison (442), and the Synod of Arles in 451. He has also been listed as the bishop of Genoa, but it is not clear if this was a later appointment or if the word Geneva was incorrectly written as Genova. He was an accomplished Latin ecclesiastical writer. Most notably, he composed mystical and allegorical interpretations of the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. His feast day is 28 September. His brother was Veranus of Vence.
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• Honorific Prefix — Saint • Name — Salonius of Geneva • Born — c. 400 • Died — 28 September 475 • Feast Day — 28 September • Venerated In — Catholic Church • Birthplace — Lyon, France • Place of death — Geneva, Switzerland • Titles — Bishop and Confessor • Canonized Date — Pre-Congregation • Attributes — Bishop vestment Miter Crosier • Patronage — Lyon
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- 1.article auteur1=Marc Bouiron auteur2= Christian Settipani Puissants laïcs et religieux : continuité aristocratique en Provence ( sp- V - VIII ) Archéopages Des Gaulois aux Carolingiens dans le sud de la France (numéro spécial) 2025 254-268 url https://journals.openedition.org/archeopages/29569 .
- 2.Eric Chevalley. 18 janvier 2011.
- 3.(présentation en ligne).
- 4.Date donnée par la Chronique de Sigebert de Gembloux.
- 5.Il est parfois signalé dans des livres anciens comme évêque de Gênes (confusion Genava/Genua), voir Helvetia Sacra(p.64) ou de Vienne à cause d'une mauvaise lecture des actes des conciles : « ex provincia Vienninsi civit. Genavensis » ou « Geneventium », ce qui ne peut être que Genève.
- 6.Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier). Thorin et fils. 3. 1894.
- 7.Salvien adresse aussi à Salonius sa lettre 9, où il l'appelle son disciple par l'instruction qu'il lui a donnée, son fils par l'amour qu'il lui porte, son père à cause de sa dignité épiscopale.
- 8.« Les seules dates sûres de la vie de Salonius de Genève sont celles des conciles auxquels il a assisté. [...] Il est impossible de déterminer la date de sa mort » (J.-P. Weiss, art. cit.). Un terminus ante quem est la participation au concile d'Arles de 475 d'un Théoplaste qui doit être l'évêque de Genève.
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- Le Diocèse de Genève-Annecy. Editions Beauchesne. 1985. 2-7010-1112-4.
- Marius Besson, « Un évêque exégète de Genève au milieu du : saint Salone », Anzeiger für schweizerische Geschichte, t. 9, 1902-05, 252-65.
- Helvetia Sacra. Éditions Francke. 3. 1980. 3-7720-1454-2.
- Carmelo Curti (éd.), Salonii episcopi Genavensis Commentarii in Parabolas Salomonis et in Ecclesiasten, Catane, 1964.
- Carmelo Curti (éd.), De evangelio Iohannis. De evangelio Matthæi./ Salonius Genavensis, Turin, 1968.
- Saints, martyrs et bienheureux en Suisse. Éditions Saint-Augustin. 1999. 978-2-88011-158-8.
- Régeste genevois. Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève. 1866.
- Jean-Pierre Weiss, L'authenticité de l'œuvre de Salonius de Genève, Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1970.
- Jean-Pierre Weiss, article « Salonius de Genève », Dictionnaire de spiritualité, Beauchesne, t. 14, col. 247.
- Histoire littéraire de la France, tome 2, 1865-1869, « Saint Salone » ( ).
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