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Maurinus of Cologne
was a 9th-century
German
abbot
who is said to have died as a
martyr
. He is recognised as a
saint
by the
Roman-Catholic Church
and
Eastern Orthodox Church
. His 12th-century
shrine
rests in
Saint Pantaleon's Church, Cologne
.
Saint Maurinus' Church, Lutzenkirchen
is dedicated to him. His saint's day is 10 June.
[1]
A tomb containing his bones was found together with the remains of
Saint Pantaleon
and
Bruno the Great
when construction of Saint Pantaleon's Church began in 966 on the spot of an earlier
Benedictine
monastery. In c. 1170?1180, a richly decorated shrine was built to house the
relics
, which remains in the church to this date.
[1]
[2]
[3]
His relics were translated to
Church of Saint Mary, Our Lady of Peace
in the Schnurgasse in
Cologne
in 1820.
[4]
Little is known about his life. According to the inscription on his original tomb, he died a martyr's death in the porch of the monastery church on 10 June. The body in the tomb bore traces of torture and a violent death.
[5]
His martyrdom was possibly related to the
Viking raids of 881/882
.
[1]
References
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a
b
c
"Maurinus von Koln"
, Okumenisches Heiligenlexikon (German)
- ^
"Shrines & Places - Cologne"
,
Treasures of Heaven: Saint, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europa
, Columbia University
- ^
"Hl. Maurinus"
, St. Pantaleon, Koln (German)
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"S Maurinus",
Kirchenlateinisches Worterbuch
, Georg Olms Verlag, 1996 (German)
- ^
"Maurinus (St) Abbot, M (June 10)",
The Book of Saints
, Aeterna Press, 1966
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