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From: "James W. Green III" <>
Subject: Kilian Saints
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 96 2:26:59 EST


Claire wrote:
I would like to know more about how these Irish Kilians got to Germany in the
first place. I know about St. Kilian, etc.. Any other details?

George W. Killian wrote of 2 Saints named Kilian. Kevin, you only
have one on your home page. Here is what he has on the other St.
Kilian.

Paragraph G1
From New Catholic Encyclopedia:
KILIAN of Aubigny, St., Irish hermit in France; d 670 (feast, 13 Nov).
Little is known of the career of Kilian (originally CHILLEN). He is
said to have been returning from a pilgrimage to Rome when he met
St. Faro, Bishop of Meaux, who found him a site for a hermitage at
Aubigny near Arras. Here Kilian spent the rest of his life and was
later venerated as a saint. The same St. Faro was responsible for
settling the Irish St. Fiacre in the same part of France.

I (JG) checked my Hammond atlas & find Arras a town of 41,000 and
capital of the dept. of Pas-de-Calais near Belgium. I had to go to
the Times World Atlas to find Aubigny. It is about 10 miles WNW
of Arras. In E.Britannica I find fiacre is a French horse drawn
coach & Faro is a town in Portugal & a card game but don't find
said saints.

Kevin, perhaps you will want to verify the info on the other St.
Kilian above then put it on your homepage to keep the other
St. Kilian from being lonely? :) The one above died 19 years
before the one you have on your page so they were about the same
age, the one above probably being just a little older.
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