Sigiramnus
Sigiramnus (died c. 655 AD), also known as Saint Cyran, was an abbot and confessor of the 7th century. A nobleman of Berry, he studied at Tours and then joined the royal court of Clothaire II. He served as cup-bearer but always wore a hair-shirt underneath his garments, devoting himself to prayer.
His father, count of Bourges (and later bishop of Tours), wanted Sigiramnus to marry the daughter of a nobleman.
Refusing to marry, Sigiramnus took holy orders at the church of St. Martin at Tours in 625 AD, serving as archdeacon at Tours. He refused to gain high position in the secular world, and after his father died, he gave away his goods and money to the poor; he was locked away as a lunatic for this.
In the Martyrology
- December 4 Saint Cyran, abbot of Lonrey