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Feast Day: July 17. Death: October 1, 1012. Saint Colman of Stockerau, also known as Colman of Melk, Coloman of..., Colomannus of..., Koloman of..., and Kálmán of..., may have been of noble or royal birth. Not much is known about his early life and exact birthplace in the British Isles.
Oct 10, 2020 · Saint Coloman of Stockerau. Also known as Saint Colman (Irish) and Saint Colomannus (Latin), Saint Coloman was an Irish pilgrim travelling to the Holy Land in 1012. Tradition holds that he was one of the sons of Mael-Sechnaill, the High King of Ireland. As he travelled through Austria, he was arrested by guards who mentioned he looked suspicious.
Is there a Saint Colman? What is Saint Colman the patron saint of? Who was Saint Coloman of Stockerau and what is his significance in Catholicism? What were the key events and miracles attributed to Saint Coloman of Stockerau in the Catholic tradition?
New Catholic Encyclopedia. COLOMAN, ST. Irish pilgrim; b. Ireland, late tenth century; d. Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria, July 17, 1012. He may have been the son of Maolsheachlainn II, High-King of Ireland (980–1002 and 1014–22). Source for information on Coloman, St.: New Catholic Encyclopedia dictionary.
Coloman of Stockerau (Irish: Colmán; Latin: Colomannus; died 18 October 1012) was an Irish saint. Originally known as Colmán (variously rendered Koloman, Kálmán, Colman, and Colomannus), he was an Irish pilgrim en route to the Holy Land and was mistaken for a spy because of his strange appearance.
Saint Coloman, an Irish or Scottish monk of royal lineage who began a penitential pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was stopped at Stockerau, about six miles from Vienna. (Montague says that there is no evidence that Colomon was a missionary or a priest, but simply a pilgrim.)
The stone is in fact a secondary or contact relic of St. Coloman, an Irish pilgrim who was martyred at Stockerau, near Vienna, in 1012, and who became Austria’s first patron saint. Behind the stone, reputed to be the one on which his martyr’s blood was spilled, was a lead box with other relics and a parchment attesting to their authenticity.