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An Irish monk, St. Kilian was consecrated Bishop, went to Rome with eleven companions in 686, and received permission from Pope Conon to evangelize Franconia (Baden and Bavaria). He was successful, with two followers – Colman, a priest, and Totnan, a deacon – in his missionary endeavors until he converted Gosbert, Duke of Wurzburg, who had married Geilana, his brother’s widow. According to legend, while Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana is reputed to have had the three missionaries beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her after Kilian had told him the marriage was forbidden by the Church. His feast day is July 8th.

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𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘶𝘭. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘰, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.