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