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Saint Kilian also spelled Killian (or alternatively Irish: Cillian)

Irish Franconian Apostle              Born – 640 AD    Died – 8 July 689

Venerated in the Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox Churches

Feast Day – July 8^th

Attributes – Usually depicted wearing a bishop’s mitre and wielding a sword

Patron St of – sufferers of rheumatism!

Saint Kilian, also spelled Killian (or alternatively Irish: Cillian), was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia (nowadays the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his labours towards the end of the 7th century. His feast day is July 8.

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