Saint Kilian

Saint Kilian
Statue of Saint Kilian in Würzburg, Germany
Apostle to the Franconians
Born	640 Cloughballybeg, Mullagh, Ireland
Died	8 July 689 Würzburg, Franconia, Bavaria
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	8 July
Attributes	wearing a bishop's mitre and wielding a sword
Patronage	sufferers of rheumatism

Kilian, also spelled Cillian or Killian (or alternatively Irish: Cillín; Latin: Kilianus), was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia (now the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his labours in the latter half of the 7th century. His feast day is 8 July.