Magneric of Trier

Magneric of Tier (also called Magnerich, or Magnericus) (born c. 522, died c. 596) was a Frankish bishop of Trier.[1][2][3] He is a Catholic and Orthodox[4] saint, with a feast day on July 25. Magneric was one of the first bishops with a Germanic name.[5] He was a friend and admirer of Gregory of Tours, mentioned in his History of the Franks,[6] and ordained St Géry, one of his disciples, who became bishop of Cambrai-Arras on the ascent of King Childebert II.[7] Venantius Fortunatus described the Bishop as virtuous and charitable, and an "ornament of bishops".[8][9]

  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. ^ Friedrich Prinz: Europäische Grundlagen deutscher Geschichte (4.–8. Jahrhundert) In: Gebhardt: Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte. Band 1, (Stuttgart 2004), p439.
  6. ^ Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
  7. ^ Peter Doyle, Butler's Lives of the Saints: July (2002), p. 202.
  8. ^ Theodor Schieffer: Die Reichskirche des 5. Jahrhunderts. In: Handbuch der Europäischen Geschichte. Bd. 1, (Stuttgart 1976), p211
  9. ^ Georg Schwaiger, Manfred Heim, Orden und Klöster. (München 2002), p13.