Coloman of Stockerau
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| Born | 10th century Ireland |
| Died | October 18, 1012 Stockerau |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Abbey of Melk |
| Feast | October 13 |
| Attributes | pilgrim monk with a rope in his hand; depicted being hanged on a gibbet; tongs and rod; priest with a book and maniple. |
| Patronage | Austria; Melk; patron of hanged men, horned cattle, and horses; invoked against plague and for husbands by marriageable girls; invoked against hanging; invoked against gout[1] |
Saint Coloman (Koloman, Kálmán, Colman, Colomannus) of Stockerau (of Melk) (died October 18, 1012) is a saint of the Catholic Church. He was a monk of either Irish or Scottish origin and of royal lineage who was accused of being a spy while on penitential pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was stopped and killed at Stockerau, which lies about fifteen miles from Vienna, at a time when there were continual skirmishes among Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia.
Coloman spoke no German, so he could not give an understandable account of himself. He was hanged alongside several robbers after he was tortured.
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[edit] Veneration
In 1015, his relics were transferred to the Abbey of Melk by Bishop Megingard at the request of Marquis Saint Henry of Austria, however, decades later were taken to Hungary. Coloman became the object of a popular cult and many churches and chapels in Austria, Swabia, the Palatinate, Hungary, and Bavaria are dedicated to him. He is also venerated in Ireland.
A legend states that Coloman's body remained incorrupt for eighteen months, and remained undisturbed by birds and beasts. The scaffolding itself is said to have taken root and to have blossomed with green branches, one of which is preserved under the high altar of the Franciscan church at Stockerau.
His reliques were taken to Hungary in the middle of the 11th century, and the King Géza I of Hungary named one of his sons in his honor (King Coloman of Hungary). Later, in the 13th, the younger brother of the King Béla IV of Hungary was Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria, receiving also this name in honor to this Saint.
However soon the relics of Saint Coloman were taken again back from the Cathedral of Székesfehérvár, and safely delivered to the Melk Abbey in Austria were nowadays are still kept. Many Austrian rulers made modifications to the tomb of this saint, and the actual reliquary was made in baroque style.
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- ^ Patron Saints for Chronic and Incurable Illnesses Retrieved 2012-03-04.
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- Saints at a Glance
- Saint of the Day, October 13: Coloman of Stockerau at SaintPatrickDC.org
- Saint Coloman's Day
- Catholic Online: St. Coloman
- Saint Coloman of Stockerau at Saints.SQPN.com
- 10th-century births
- 1012 deaths
- 11th-century Christian saints
- Medieval Irish saints on the Continent
- 11th-century Christian martyrs
- Christian martyrs of the Middle Ages
- 11th-century Irish people
- Medieval Gaels
- 11th-century Austrian people
- Austrian Roman Catholic saints
- Austrian saints
- Austrian people of Irish descent
- People from Korneuburg District
- Incorrupt saints
