{{Short description|Irish Christian missionary}} {{For|the other Irish saint sometimes named Colman|Coloman of Stockerau}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Expand German|topic=bio|Kolonat (Heiliger)|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox saint |name=Saint Colman or Kolonat |birth_date=7th century |death_date=689 |feast_day= July 8 |venerated_in=Eastern Orthodox Church<br />Roman Catholic Church<br />True Orthodox Church |image=13 St Colman detail, Harry Clarke, St. Mary's Ballinrobe.pdf |imagesize=300px |caption=St. Colman by Harry Clarke |birth_place=Ireland |death_place=Würzburg, Kingdom of the Franks |titles=Apostle to the Franconians |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= |prayer= |prayer_attrib= }}
'''Saint Colman''' or '''Kolonat''' ({{langx|ga|Colmán}}; {{langx|la|Colomannus}}; {{circa}} 600 {{ndash}} July 8, 689 AD in Würzburg) was an Irish-born Christian priest and missionary.
==Life== He was a companion of Kilian and Totnan as missionaries to Franconia and Thüringen.
In 686, the three of them travelled to Rome with nine other Christians and met Pope Conon. They then travelled on to Wurzburg. At this point the three stayed in Wurzburg while the others travelled throughout the area. Duke Gozbert of Wurzburg became a Christian, but his wife remained a pagan.
Kilian told Duke Gozbert that he was breaking Christian scripture by marrying his brother's widow, Geilana. Geilana was so angry that she sent her soldiers to the main square of Würzburg, where the three missionaries were preaching, and had them beheaded.<ref>[https://celticsaints.org/2011/0708a.html Celtic Saints website]</ref>
==Legacy==
After their deaths, their relics were revered as cures for illnesses.
In 752 Burchard of Wessex became the first bishop of Würzburg. He transferred the relics of the three men into the new cathedral which was dedicated to St Kilian.<ref name="cathire">[https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-kilian-640-689-martyr/ Catholic Ireland website]</ref>
Saint Colman's feast day is July 8.<ref name="butler3">{{cite book |last1=Thurston |first1=Herbert J. |last2=Attwater |first2=Donald |date=1956 |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |volume=III |publisher=Christian Classics |page=40 |isbn=0-87061-048-1 }}</ref><ref name="cathire" />
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Catholic saints - martyrs|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}
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