Saint
Severus of Trier
Bishop of Trier
Bishop of Trier in Germany, who reposed around 455.
- Feast
- October 15old style October 28
- Reposed
- 4555th century
- Place
- Trier
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Severus of Trier was born in France and was a disciple of Saint Germanus of Auxerre and Saint Lupus of Troyes. He accompanied Germanus to Britain to oppose the Pelagian heresy. He preached the Gospel to the Germans on the lower Moselle and was Bishop of Trier in Germany from 446 to about 455. He is commemorated on 15 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
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