Maximin of Trier
Maximin (born at Silly near Poitiers; — Poitiers 12 September 346) was the sixth bishop of Trier. Maximin was an opponent of Arianism, and was supported by the courts of Constantine II and Constans, who harboured as an honored guest Athanasius twice during his exile from Alexandria, in 336–37 and again in 343. In the Arian controversy he had begun in the party of Paul I of Constantinople; however, he took part in the synod of Sardica convoked by Pope Julius I (ca. 342), and when four Arian bishops consequently came from Antioch to Trier with the purpose of winning Emperor Constans to their side, Maximinus refused to receive them and induced the emperor to reject their proposals.
Saint Maximin of Trier | |
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Ettringen, St. Maximin and Anna | |
| Died | c. 346 AD Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregational Saint |
| Major shrine | St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier |
| Feast | 29 May |
| Attributes | depicted receiving Saint Athanasius at Trier; book; model of a church; bear at his side; commanding a bear to carry his things. |
| Patronage | Trier; invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains |
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