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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. (Full article...)

Attributes: Wearing a bishop's mitre and wielding a sword
Patronage: Sufferers of rheumatism
See also: Priscilla and Aquila; Pope Adrian III