# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maternus-of-cologne
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:31.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maternus-of-cologne"
name: "Maternus of Cologne"
slug: "maternus-of-cologne"
description: "Maternus, also known as Maternus II, was the first known bishop of Cologne, reportedly also the third bishop of Trier, and founder of the diocese of Tongeren. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. The Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt, Belgium was allegedly founded by him."
tagline: "Roman-Catholic saint and Bishop and founder of the diocese of Tongeren."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tr%C3%A8ves_Cath%C3%A9drale_050709_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "300"
deathDate: "328"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.69946266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus"
    title: "Maternus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "امهات كولونيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD"
    title: "Матерн от Кьолн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_Kol%C3%ADnsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Maternus Kolínský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus"
    title: "Maternus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_of_Cologne"
    title: "Maternus of Cologne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_de_Colonia"
    title: "Materno de Colonia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materne_de_Cologne"
    title: "Materne de Cologne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_k%C3%B6lni_p%C3%BCsp%C3%B6k"
    title: "Maternus kölni püspök"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_dari_K%C3%B6ln"
    title: "Maternus dari Köln"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_di_Colonia"
    title: "Materno di Colonia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_(heilige)"
    title: "Maternus (heilige)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_z_Kolonii"
    title: "Maternus z Kolonii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%91%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Матерн Кёльнский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_wa_Koln"
    title: "Materno wa Koln"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump