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Holy Martyrs

Martyrs of Trier

A group of martyrs of Trier, killed around the year 287; few details survive.

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Feast
October 6old style October 19
Reposed
2873rd century
Place
Trier
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Martyrs of Trier are countless Christians who were put to death for Christ in many different ways at Trier, in present-⁠day Germany. According to the calendar their sacrifice belongs to the persecution of Diocletian, and the year given is 287. Their day in the Western calendar is 6 October (new style).

Neither the names nor the details have survived. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the sources.

Commemorated the same day October 6