Maurinus

Saint Maurinus of Cologne was probably the abbot of the monastery of Saint Pantaleon in Cologne, Germany, in the ninth century, and is said to have died a martyr. He is commemorated on 10 June.

Little is known of 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, and the body in the tomb bore traces of torture and a violent death; his martyrdom is possibly related to the Viking raids of 881 to 882. 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. Around 1170 to 1180 a richly decorated shrine was built, which remains in the church to this day. His relics were moved in 1820 to the church of Saint Mary, Our Lady of Peace, in the Schnurgasse in Cologne. Saint Maurinus' Church in Lützenkirchen is dedicated to him.