Saint Quiriacus (Cyriacus) of Trier

Saint Quiriace Saint Quiriace Servant of Saint Maximin and holy man of Trier. fulfilled the duties o f an altar se saint Maximin Bishop of Trier and superior of Saint Cyriacus. rver for Saint Maximin. Among other pious practices, he was accustomed to frequently visiting all the monasteries and oratories. This holy man, wishing to avoid all vainglory, deemed it good to choose the nighttime for these exercises. Some clerics, jealous of his virtues, did not delay in incriminating his conduct; they went so far as to accuse him of a shameful act to Saint Maximin. The holy bishop, who had heard these accusations with pain, suspended his judgment and asked God to enlighten him on a matter so uncertain in his eyes. One day, at the moment when the bishop was preparing to celebrate the holy mysteries, and when Quiriace was standing humbly behind the church door, an angel appeared to the Pontiff and warned him that his servant was innocent. "These things," says Sigehard, author of the book of Sigehard Medieval author who recorded the miracles of Saint Maximin. the miracle s of Saint Maximin, "these things s livre des miracles de saint Maximin Hagiographical work written by Sigehard. pread by the powerful voice of fame among all ancient peoples, and transmitted to us, deserve to find a place here; they are true; the paintings in the churches attest to it, and we have seen, in the old church of Saint-Quiriace, in the crypt raised over his tomb, one of the vieille église de Saint-Quiriace Place of worship housing the tomb and ancient paintings of the saint. se paintings dating back to the highest antiquity and already almost erased by time."