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(Redirected from St. Colman (martyr)) Irish Christian missionary For the other Irish saint sometimes named Colman, see Coloman of Stockerau.

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Saint Colman or Kolonat
Kilian, Colman and Totnan, sculpture by Riemenschneider in Neumünster-Kirche, Würzburg
Apostle to the Franconians
Born7th century
Ireland
Died689
Würzburg, Kingdom of the Franks
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
True Orthodox Church
FeastJuly 8

Saint Colman or Kolonat (Irish: Colmán; Latin: Colomannus; c. 600 – July 8, 689 AD in Würzburg, Germany) was an Irish-born Christian priest and missionary.

Life

He was a companion of Kilian and Totnan as missionaries to Franconia and Thüringen in Germany.

In 686, the three of them travelled to Rome with nine other Christians and met Pope Conon. They then travelled on to Wurzburg. At this point the three stayed in Wurzburg while the others travelled throughout the area. Duke Gozbert of Wurzburg became a Christian, but his wife remained a pagan.

Kilian told Duke Gozbert that he was breaking Christian scripture by marrying his brother's widow, Geilana. Geilana was so angry that she sent her soldiers to the main square of Würzburg, where the three missionaries were preaching, and had them beheaded.

Legacy

After their deaths, their relics were revered as cures for illnesses.

In 752 Burchard of Wessex became the first bishop of Würzburg. He transferred the relics of the three men into the new cathedral which was dedicated to St Kilian.

The Saint Colman's day feast is celebrated on July 8.

References

  1. Celtic Saints website
  2. ^ Catholic Ireland website
  3. Thurston, Herbert J.; Attwater, Donald (1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints. Vol. III. Christian Classics. p. 40. ISBN 0-87061-048-1.
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