[2] In 1590, Sauvaire Intermet was appointed music master of the Church of St. Trophime, Arles until 1595, when he seems to have moved to Avignon[3] where he was already benefiting from the chapter of Saint-Agricol.
The Jesuits were very present there, with a novitiate [fr] and an important college which was greatly strengthened during the prohibition of the order in France between the end of 1594 and 1603.
Avignon was in fact an advanced position of pontifical influence in France and a Jesuit stronghold surrounded by lands dominated by Protestantism.
This triple status had given him a significant preeminence over the other Avignon musicians, if not Provençal, since he settled there for a period of about fifty years, particularly long for a chapel master.
Archival records show him adding a band of violins to his singers to reinforce the music during solemn celebrations or major processions.
Several relations mention him as the leader of the music during major celebrations, as in November 1600 at the entrance of Marie de Médicis for which he gathered the singers of all the chapels of Avignon, or at the end of July 1622 during the feasts of the canonization of Ignatius of Loyola and François Xavier.
He also intervened in November 1622 at the entrance of Louis XIII in Avignon (the king had a copy of Intermet's music made, so delighted he was).
He was asked to direct their services in music or to compose hymns for them, as evidenced by a document from 1647 concerning the congregation of taffeta craftsmen.