Cyril of Trier

Cyril of Trier was bishop of Trier in the second half of the 5th century, by some reckonings from about 446-447. His Greek name led some to think he was a Greek, or that he belonged to a Greek-⁠Oriental colony that remained in the city; others think he came from the Rhone valley.

In his time, in 451, the Huns ravaged Trier, and after the murder of the emperor Valentinian III in 455 Gaul went through unrest. He had an inscription set up for the founders of the Church of Trier, Eucharius and Valerius, built a new oratory and moved their remains there. The monastery of Saint Matthias later grew out of that church. Cyril was buried there, but the site of the grave is no longer known. He is venerated in the West as a saint of the undivided Church.