Magnerich of Trier

Magneric (Magnerich, Magnericus) (died 596) was a Frankish bishop of Trier.[1][2][3] He is a Catholic and Orthodox[4] saint, with feast day July 25.

He was a friend and admirer of Gregory of Tours, and is mentioned in his History of the Franks.[5] St Géry is said to be one of his disciples.[6]

Biography

Magneric was a student of Nicetius. In 566 he was elected by the clergy and people of Trier bishop. He was probably the first bishops with a Germanic name and wore one of the first Swiss francs on a bishop's throne.[7] He continued the begun by his predecessors policy of restoring the city of Trier and its environs. The Holy Cross Church, he converted to an oratory in honor of Martin of Tours. That later went forth to the Abbey of St. Martin. In his time the Roman city walls were several clerics communities, among others, St. Eucharius and St. Paulin north founded.[8] As admirer of Martin of Tours, he is said to have built four churches that were dedicated to the saint. One was in Ivois, one in Carden, one in Trier and on the Deumelberg in the city.

Magneric stood near the Merovingians and Childebert II. Made him 586 to be the godfather of his son Theudebert II. In 587 he attended a family reunion the Merovingian. Here, the Duke Boso fled to his house and took the Bishop hostage. This was in danger, as the king commanded to light the house. To 581 he campaigned for the Bishop of Marseille, when they brought. These prisoner by Trier to King Childebert II. The proximity to the Merovingian and his influence on the fortunes of Austrasia and the Gallic Church helped that he was able to maintain an urban and regional domination.[9]

Venantius Fortunatus described the Bishop as a virtuous and charitable, and as "ornament of bishops". In his diocese lived many pious hermit. The Hermit and Stylit Wulfilaich he forbade his solitary life, let destroy the pillar on which he lived, and prompted him to enter a monastery. [10][11]

In St. Martin Monastery, he was buried after his death. Around the year 1000 Abbot Eberwin has the monastery of St. Martin written a Vita of Bishop. Thereupon his worship spread throughout Lorraine. In 1506 his grave was opened. After the destruction of the church also disappeared his remains.

Notes

  1. ↑ Egon Boshof: Magnerich. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). vol.15, (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987), ISBN 3-428-00196-6, p658f.
  2. ↑ Franz Xaver Kraus: Magnericus. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). vol20, (Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884), p62.
  3. ↑ Friedrich Pfeiffer: Magnerich, Bischof von Trier. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). vol 21, (Bautz, Nordhausen, 2003), ISBN 3-88309-110-3, p.881–890.
  4. ↑ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
  5. ↑ Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
  6. ↑ Peter Doyle, Butler's Lives of the Saints: July (2002), p. 202.
  7. ↑ Friedrich Prinz: Europäische Grundlagen deutscher Geschichte (4.–8. Jahrhundert) In: Gebhardt: Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte. Band 1, (Stuttgart 2004), p439.
  8. ↑ Gabriele Clemens, Lukas Clemens: (Geschichte der Stadt Trier. München, 2007), p63.
  9. ↑ Peter Krause: Rechtswissenschaften in Trier. (Köln u.a. 2007), p410.
  10. ↑ Theodor Schieffer: Die Reichskirche des 5. Jahrhunderts. In: Handbuch der Europäischen Geschichte. Bd. 1, (Stuttgart 1976), p211
  11. ↑ Georg Schwaiger, Manfred Heim, Orden und Klöster. (München 2002), p13.


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