Saxu 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
Dates858 (tpq) / 867 (taq)
ReligionChristian
LocationsRome (officeplace);
Rome (residence);
Rome;
Sardinia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesAbbot, SS John and Paul (Rome) (office)
Textual SourcesLiber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle)

Saxu 1 was the abbot of the monastery of SS John and Paul ("Saxu, venerabilis monasterii sanctorum Iohannis et Pauli abbatem"); he and the bishop of Populonia, Paulus (Paulos 57), were sent to Sardinia by the bishop of Rome, Nicolas I (Nikolaos 28), in order to suppress illicit marriages; after vigorously preaching and excommunicating and anathematising those who failed to take heed, they returned to Rome: Lib. Pont. 107. 56-57. The monastery was presumably at Rome.

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