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St. Maximin of Trier
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St. Maximin of Trier
Bishop of Trier, Confessor
Maximin, bishop of Trier, defended the Catholic faith during the Arian controversy and gave refuge to St. Athanasius and St. Paul of Constantinople. His May 29 commemoration is associated with the translation of his relics.
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ⓘ Butler source
Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume V (May), Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1843; May 29, “St. Maximinus, Bishop of Triers, C.,” pp. 462-463.
Maximin came from the region of Poitiers and received his formation at Trier under Bishop Agritius. He succeeded Agritius as bishop during the fourth-century struggle over Arian teaching. Butler remembers him as a pastor whose courage was tested by the divisions of his time.
When St. Athanasius was exiled to Trier, Maximin welcomed him as a faithful confessor of Christ. St. Paul of Constantinople also found refuge with him. These acts of hospitality joined his defence of Catholic teaching to practical support for bishops who had been driven from their churches.
He opposed the intrigues of the Arian party and was counted among the defenders of Athanasius. Butler relates that he died while visiting his native region, and that his body was later brought to Trier. The May 29 commemoration belongs to the remembrance of that translation. This reading does not depend on the edition's disputed dates for the council of Sardica or his death.
Historical note
An original Novena Regina reading adapted and summarized from the cited pre-1962 source. This is not a transcription of Butler’s words.
The reading does not adopt the edition’s precise dates for the council of Sardica and Maximin’s death. The May observance is distinguished from the reported occasion of his death.
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