Julian the Hospitaller, is a Roman Catholic saint.
He was known as the patron of the cities of Ghent, and Macerata. The Paternoster, (Our Father prayer) of St. Julian, can be found as early as 1353, in Boccaccio's Decameron, and is still passed on, by word of mouth throughout some places in Italy.
According to Giacomo, on the night Julian was born, his father, a man of noble blood, saw pagan witches secretly lay a curse on the boy, that would make him kill both his parents. His father wanted to get rid of the child, but his mother did not let him do so.
St. Julian was invoked as the patron of hospitality by travelers, on a journey and far from home, pray hoping to find safe lodging.

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