Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Saints & hagiography Saints

Maternus, Saint

MATERNO, SANTO

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MATERNUS, Saint. - He was already bishop of Cologne in 313, when Constantine invited him to take part in the Roman Synod to settle the Donatist controversy; in 314 he was again at the Council of Arles for the same reason. He was already dead by 344, because in that year the successor Euphrata governed the Church of Cologne. Around the 9th century a very legendary biography of M. was written, which made him a disciple of St. Peter, who would have sent him directly to Cologne. He is commemorated on September 14.

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BIBL.: Eusebius, Hist. eccl., X, 5; St. Optatus, De schismate Donatistarum, 1; Tillemont, VI, pp. 26, 701 ff.; Acta SS. Septembris, IV, Paris 1868, pp. 354-400; Martyr. Romanum, p. 396.

Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 394–395.

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Amore, Agostino. “Materno, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 394–395. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/materno-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Materno, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 394–395. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/materno-santo.

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@incollection{ec8_materno_santo,
  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Materno, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {394--395},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/materno-santo}
}

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