ST MAXIMINUS, BISHOP OF TRIER

ST MAXIMINUS, BISHOP OF TRIER - 29 MAY

SAINT MAXIMINUS, BISHOP OF TRIER

German voucher, designed by Fritz Quant, 1920,
featuring Trier Cathedral

[Saint Maximinus, Bishop of Triers, Confessor - A.D. 349.] He was one of those pastors whom God raised in the most dangerous times to support his church. He was born at Poitiers, nobly descended, and related to Maxentius, bishop of that city before Saint Hilary.

HE WAS ADMITTED TO. HOLY ORDERS

The reputation of the sanctity of Saint Agritius, bishop of Triers [Trier, Treves], drew him young to that city, and after a most virtuous education, he was admitted to holy orders, and, upon the death of Agritius, chosen his successor in 332.

SAINT ANASTASIUS STAYED AT HIS PLACE

When Saint Athanasius was banished to Triers in 336, Saint Maximinus received him, not as a person disgraced, but as a most glorious confessor of Christ, and thought it a great happiness to enjoy the company of so illustrious a saint. Saint Athanasius stayed with him two years; and his works bear evidence to the indefatigable vigilance, heroic courage, and exemplary virtue of our saint, who was before that time famous for the gift of miracles.

Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople, being banished by Constantius, found also a retreat at Triers, and in Saint Maximinus a powerful protector.

A MOST ILLUSTRIOUS DEFENDER OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH

Our saint, by his counsels, precautioned the emperor Constans against the intrigues and snares of the Arians, and on every occasion discovered their artifice, and opposed their faction. He was one of the most illustrious defenders of the Catholic faith in the council of Sardica in 347, and had the honour to be ranked by the Arians with Saint Athanasius, in an excommunication which they pretended to fulminate against them at Philippopolis.

Saint Maximinus is said to have died in Poitou in 349, having made a journey thither to see his relations. He was buried near Poitiers; but his body was afterwards translated to Triers on the day which is now devoted to his memory. St Maximinus, by protecting and harbouring saints, received himself the recompense of a saint.

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Maximinus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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