Colman, Saint

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Irishman martyred while on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, near Vienna in 1012

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Saint Colman, one of the patrons of Austria, was also an Irish saint, who, journeying to Jerusalem, was martyred near Vienna, in 1012, 13 October, on which day his feast is observed. His life, written by Erchenfrid of Melk, is in "Acta SS.", VI, 357 and "Mon. Germ. Hist.: Script.", IV, 647.

ADAMNAN, Life of St. Columba; O'LAVERTY, Down and Connor, V; Calendar of Donegal; COLGAN, Acta Sanct. Hib.: O'HANLON, Lives of the Irish Saints, IX; BUTLER, Lives of the Saints; HOGAN, St. Colman of Austria; URWALEX. Der königliche Pilgen St. Colomann (Vienna, 1880).

Source notes

APA citation. Grattan-Flood, W. (1908). St. Colman. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04115g.htm

MLA citation. Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Colman." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04115g.htm>.

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