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KILIAN (CHILIAN, KILLIAN), ST

KILIAN (CHILIAN, KILLIAN), ST , See also:

BRITISH

British missionary See also:

bishop and the apostle of eastern See also:

FRANCONIA (Ger. Franken)

Franconia, where he began his labours towards the end of the 7th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. There are several See also:

BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of him, the first of which See also:

DATES

dates back to the 9th century (Bibliotheca hagiographica See also:

LATINA, VIA

latina, Nos. 466o—4663). The See also:

OLDEST

oldest texts which refer to him are an 8th century See also:

NECROLOGY (from Med. Lat. necrologium, Gr. vEKpos, corpse, the termination being formed from X ytos, X yeLv to read, in the sense of list, register; cf. " martyrology ")

necrology at See also:

WURZBURG

Wurzburg and the See also:

NOTICE

notice by Hrabanus Maurus in his See also:

MARTYROLOGY

martyrology. According to Maurus Kilian was a native of See also:

Ireland, whence with his companions he went to eastern Franconia. After having preached the See also:

GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel in Wurzburg, the whole party were put to See also:

DEATH

death by the orders of an unjust See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge named Gozbert. It is difficult to See also:

FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the See also:

period with precision, as the judge (or See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke) Gozbert is not known through other See also:

SOURCES

sources. Kilian's comrades, See also:

COLOMAN (so7o-1116)

Coloman and Totman, were, according to the Wurzburg necrology, respectively See also:

PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest and See also:

DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon. The See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of the See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of the three martyrs was performed by Burchard, the first bishop of Wurzburg, and they are venerated in the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of that See also:

TOWN

town. His festival is celebrated on the 8th of See also:

JULY

July. See Acta Sanctorum, Julii, ii. 599–619; F.

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EMMERICH (the ancient Embrica)

Emmerich, Der heilige Kilian (Wurzburg, 1896) ; J. O'Hanlon, Lives of the Irish See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints, vii. 122–143 (See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, 1875–1904); A. Hauck, Kirchengeschichte See also:

DEUTSCH, IMMANUEL OSCAR MENAHEM (1829-1873)

Deutsch-lands, 3rd ed., i. 382 seq. (H.

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