Marus

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Marus was Bishop of Trier in the 5th century and is venerated as a saint .

Life

Marus was one of the first bishops after the end of Roman times . The period of his episcopate is unknown. It was around 480/490. The largely missing record of his person and other Trier bishops at the end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century in contemporary sources suggests a relatively low (political) importance of the Trier church at this time.

Marus is said to have renovated the damaged Marienkirche (later St. Paulin ) again. This activity suggests that the Trier church gradually began to recover after the upheaval of the beginning Frankish rule. He is said to have given the Church the patronage of Mary . He is buried there too.

Afterlife

His grave was in the choir of the south aisle of the old Romanesque church. An altar also in his honor was consecrated in 1148. A first illustration can be found in the Egbert Psalter of the 10th century.

He was venerated as a saint. The veneration has been documented since the 10th century. He was called especially with arthritis diseases. There are also reports of miraculous healings. The ground in front of his grave is said to have been rubbed off by the knees of those seeking help in early modern times . Various relics of the saint were given to other churches and people. His veneration was somewhat widespread in Lorraine . His feast day is January 26th.

The remaining remains were temporarily brought to safety in the 17th century because of the threat of war. Before the church was destroyed in 1674, they were brought back to the city. Today you are back in St. Paulin.

literature

  • Franz-Josef Heyen: The St. Paulin Abbey in front of Trier. Berlin, New York, 1972 (Germania Sacra NF 6, 1), v. a. Pp. 290-291
  • Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 4. Augsburg 1875, pp. 296-297. Digitized

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Hans Hubert Anton : The Trier Church and northern Gaul in the late Roman and Frankish times. In: Hartmut Atsma (Ed.): La Neustrie. Les pays au nord de la Loire de 650 à 850, colloque historique international (= supplements of Francia. 16,2). Vol. 2, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, pp. 53–73, here: p. 61 ( digitized version )
  2. ^ Hans Hubert Anton: Trier in the early Middle Ages. Paderborn u. a. 1987, pp. 85f.
predecessor Office successor
Emerus Bishop of Trier
before 500 		Volusianus
personal data
SURNAME Marus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century or 6th century