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Saint

Tillo

A saint of Gaul, reposed in 702.

Feast
January 7old style January 20
Reposed
7028th century

Life

Saint Tillo, also called Thillo, Theau or Tilman, was born in Saxony in Germany and reposed around 702.

Abducted by robbers, he was sold into slavery. Saint Eligius of Noyon set him free, and Tillo became a monk at Solignac and enlightened the region around Tournai and Courtrai, in present-⁠day Belgium.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 7 January (new style).

Commemorated the same day January 7