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13 Oct: Feast of St Coloman (d 1012) of #Stockerau #Austria. Pilgrim en route to Holy Land mistaken for spy due to strange appearance/didn't speak German. Tortured/hanged! Tradition son of Máel Sechnaill, High king of Ireland! Relics in Melk Abbey. Géza I of Hungary named a son for him! #medievalsky
![Opening slide of The Pictish Arts Society Conference 2026 [online] listing the speakers and afternoon schedule. The text reads:
1:40-1:50 Housekeeping, opening remarks and a tribute to David Henry
1:50-2.30 Professor Jane Geddes: Insular art and its Pictish components
2:30-2:40 Q&A
2:40-3:20 Dr Martin Goldberg: The changing artistry of the Pictish symbols over time
3:20-3:30 Q&A
3:30-3:50 BREAK
3:50-4:30 Professor Gordon Noble: Stone and the gods: religious cognition and stone carving in Pictland
4:30-4:40 Q&A
4:40-5:20 Andy Heald: The Pictishness of Pictish metalwork?
5:20-5:30 Q&A
5:30 Closing remarks](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6uljsjklkfrswhox4cx7lhqv/bafkreihqso2cfwla5mllamw43maeesehu76pilpfvh7i4zpga5hm557fby)
