Merililaun

Saint Merolilan (Merililaun, Merolilaun) was an Irish preacher of the eighth century, murdered near Reims in France. He is commemorated on 18 May, and in some places on 31 May.

According to the old Breviary of the diocese of Reims and to Flodoard, Merolilan was of Irish race, called scotigena, and travelled to France with some companions on a pilgrimage to Rome. On the banks of the Aisne, robbers set upon the travellers and killed him. His companions brought the body to Reims and buried it in an ancient cemetery. For a long time his memory seems to have been forgotten, until miracles revealed the spot where he lay, in the time of the priest Hildegarius. In 935, when Archbishop Artaud was restored to Reims, the remains were translated to the church of the Holy Apostles and of Saint Symphorian. No tradition of him survived in Ireland, only a cult at Reims.