Koloman, Heiliger#
Koloman, saint, feast day Oct. 13., d. near Stockerau (Lower Austria), July 17, 1012, Irish pilgrim. was taken for a spy near Stockerau because of his strange clothing and was hanged. His bones were brought to the monastery of Melk, where a K.-cult soon developed and K. was worshipped as the patron saint of Austria (since 1663 St. Leopold has been the patron saint of Austria). There are 15 places of worship for K. in Austria ( Kolomannsberg mountain).
Literature#
M. Niederkorn-Bruck, Der hl. K. - der erste Patron Noe, 1992; F.-R. Erkens, Coloman, in: Lexikon fuer Theologie und Kirche, vol. 2, 31994.