Saint Julian the Hospitaller was a noble layman, friend and counselor to the king, and he married a wealthy widow. His parents came to visit and his wife gave them their bed, and thinking it was his wife and another man in his bed, he killed his parents. For his penance, he and his wife traveled to Rome seeking absolution. On his way home, he built a hospice by a river and cared for the sick and poor. He helped many travelers and gave up his own bed for a leper who nearly froze to death.
His is the patron of boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, hospitallers, hotel-keepers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, knights, murderers, pilgrims, shepherds, to obtain lodging while traveling, travelers, and wandering musicians.
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