Kilian of Cologne
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Kilian of Cologne, Irish
Abbot
, died 19th January 1003
Kilian was a native of Ireland
. In 974, he and a group of Irish missionaries, led by Minnborinus of Cologne
(died 986), arrived at Cologne
where they established St. Martin's Abbey in an island on the Rhine. Minnborinus ruled as first abbot; upon his death, Kilian succeeded him.
Hogan says of him "Kilian, was appointed to succeed him. He is described as a very religious man; and, we are told, that the Archbishop, Evergerus, with the consent of the Emperor Otho III., presented to him, for the use of his monastery and pilgrim monks, several farms, with the fishing of the Rhine attached; three churches, several manses, vineyards, and exemption from some of the taxes in the city and in the empire. He also got charge of the monastery of St. Pantaleon, in the city, as well as of St. Martin's. It is evident there must have been Irish monks in the former as well as in the latter of these monasteries."
He died 19th January 1003, after which date the abbey appears to have declined in its Irish connection. .
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
Abbot
Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
, died 19th January 1003
Kilian was a native of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. In 974, he and a group of Irish missionaries, led by Minnborinus of Cologne
Minnborinus of Cologne
Minnborinus of Cologne, Irish Abbot, fl. 974-986.Minborinus was the leader of a group of missionaries from Ireland who travelled to Cologne, Germany. Upon arriving, the Archbishop of Cologne, Warin of Cologne, made Minnborinus abbott of St. Martin's Abbey in the city and installed the rest of the...
(died 986), arrived at Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
where they established St. Martin's Abbey in an island on the Rhine. Minnborinus ruled as first abbot; upon his death, Kilian succeeded him.
Hogan says of him "Kilian, was appointed to succeed him. He is described as a very religious man; and, we are told, that the Archbishop, Evergerus, with the consent of the Emperor Otho III., presented to him, for the use of his monastery and pilgrim monks, several farms, with the fishing of the Rhine attached; three churches, several manses, vineyards, and exemption from some of the taxes in the city and in the empire. He also got charge of the monastery of St. Pantaleon, in the city, as well as of St. Martin's. It is evident there must have been Irish monks in the former as well as in the latter of these monasteries."
He died 19th January 1003, after which date the abbey appears to have declined in its Irish connection. .
Reference
- Irish Monasteries in Germany, J.F. Hogan, pp.526-535, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, Vol. 3, 1898.
External links
- http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0718.shtml
- http://www.archive.org/stream/s4irishecclesias03dubluoft#page/526/mode/2up