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Valerius of Trier
German saint and bishop
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
320
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Trier in Belgic Gaul, now in Germany, Saint Valerius, bishop, who was the second to govern this see.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 January as the second bishop of Trier.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q553653 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Valerius of Trèves (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.