Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 14
- Triumph of the Holy Cross (celebrated as a Feast);
- Maternus, bishop;
- Notburga, virgin
The Feast of the Triumph of the Cross is also known as the Exaltation of the Cross in the Eastern Church. This feast celebrates the finding of the True Cross of Christ under a Roman landfill by the emperor Constantine's mother, Helen (August 18) in ca. 320 A.D. The finding of the Cross inspired the dedication of a basilica built by Constantine. Constantine's shrine included two principal buildings: the large basilica used for the Liturgy of the Word, and a circular church used for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
St. Maternus (d. ca. 325 A.D.) was the first known bishop of Cologne, Germany. Maternus was one of the three bishops from Gaul sent by Emperor Constantine to hear the charges against Bishop Caecilian by the Donatist bishops of Africa. Maternus and his companions exonerated Caecilian. When the Donatists refused to accept the exoneration, Constantine referred the matter to the council at Arles in 314 A.D. Maternus may also have been bishop of Trier at one time and died there.
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