Cyril of Trier was

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fell to the

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s and there was general unrest in the year 451AD. In

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after the assassination of Emperor

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, he built a new oratory and an inscription testifying to his rule has been found. The construction of the church was between 446/47 and 475/76. He was buried in the church but the exact location of the grave is not known.

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