Saint Sige

Saint Sigon governed the bishopric of Clermont under the rei gn of Charles II, surnamed the Bald. He was always commendable for the justice of his conduct and the purity of his intentions. He employed all his activity in correcting disorders and raising up ruins, whether material or moral, caused by the invasions and devastations of the Normans. He restored to their former luster many churches that they had despoiled or overturned, among others that of Notre-Dame du Port (860). It is belie ved that as the Normans did not take the trouble to demolish this edifice, and the fire having destroyed only what was combustible, the masonry suffered little damage. Thus Notre-Dame du Port, founded by Saint Avitus (594) , offers a precious monument of 6th-century architecture. He attended and subscribed to the Council of Sois sons, in the year 8 53, under the same prince. Finally, his life was so embalmed with the odor of sanctity that he deserved to be, after the time of his earthly life, glorious in the memory of Christians. His relics, says Jacques B ranche, from wh om this is drawn, are honorably elevated in the church of the Port, where he was buried with pomp and celebrity, on the eighteenth of the month of February, as it is said in the table of the Saints o f Auverg ne.