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Maternus

Saint Maternus of Milan
Maternus of Milan

Saint Maternus of Milan was a Bishop of Milan during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries.He was made bishop by public acclamation in 295. He suffered in the early 4th century Diocletian persecution, but after that lived a peaceful life....
was bishop of Milan.

Maternus, also known as St. Maternus, was the first bishop of Cologne, Germany, in the 4th century. He commissioned a Roman temple

Roman temple

In the ancient religion of Roman paganism, practitioners often performed their worship at a temple....
where the Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne, under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture and of the faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands....
would later be built.

rding to an ancient legend, he was a follower of Saint Eucharius, the first bishop of Trier. Eucharius was sent to Gaul

Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
by Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
as bishop, together with the deacon

Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
Valerius

Valerius of Trèves

Saint Valerius was a semi-legendary bishop of Trier. His Calendar of saints is 29 January....
and the subdeacon Maternus, to preach the Gospel

Gospel

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.

They came to the Rhine

Rhine

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and to Ellelum (Ehl

EHL

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) in Alsace

Alsace

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Maternus, also known as St. Maternus, was the first bishop of Cologne, Germany, in the 4th century. He commissioned a Roman temple

Roman temple

In the ancient religion of Roman paganism, practitioners often performed their worship at a temple....
where the Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Legend

According to an ancient legend, he was a follower of Saint Eucharius, the first bishop of Trier. Eucharius was sent to Gaul

Gaul

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
as bishop, together with the deacon

Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
Valerius

Valerius of Trèves

Saint Valerius was a semi-legendary bishop of Trier. His Calendar of saints is 29 January....
and the subdeacon Maternus, to preach the Gospel

Gospel

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
and to Ellelum (Ehl

EHL

Alsace

Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
, where Maternus died. His two companions hastened back to St. Peter and begged him to restore the dead man to life. St. Peter gave his pastoral staff to Eucharius, and, upon being touched with it, Maternus, who had been in his grave for forty days, returned to life. The Gentiles were then converted in large numbers. After founding many churches the three companions went to Trier where the work of evangelization progressed so rapidly that Eucharius chose that city for his episcopal residence. Among other miracles related in the legend he raised a dead person to life. An angel

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announced to him his approaching death and pointed out Valerius as his successor. Eucharius died on December 8, having been bishop for twenty-five years, and was interred in the church of St. John outside the city.

Valerius was bishop for fifteen years and was succeeded by Maternus, who had in the meantime founded the dioceses of Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
and Tongeren

Tongeren

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, being bishop altogether for forty years. The staff of St. Peter, with which he had been raised to life, was preserved at Cologne till the end of the tenth century when the upper half was presented to Trier, and was afterwards taken to Prague

Prague

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by Emperor Charles IV

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

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.

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