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Valerius (d. early 4th cent.) is traditionally the second bishop of Trier. He is said to have succeeded St. Eucharius and to have been followed by St. Maternus of Köln. The three have a legendary Vita (BHL 2655, etc.), first documented from the tenth century, that makes them evangelists sent to Gaul by St. Peter. This claim was repeated both by Heriger of Lobbes in his _Gesta episcoporum Tungrensium_ (ca. 1000) and in later writings at Trier. A sarcophagus that once contained Valerius' putative remains may still be seen in the crypt of Trier's Kirche Sankt Matthias (in these views, it's the one at right):
http://tinyurl.com/yvnewn
http://www.st-matthias-trier.de/sites/all/Bilder/Vigil%202011%20c.jpg
Best,
John Dillon
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