Saint Fridolin

Also known as

• Apostle of the Upper Rhine
• Fridolin Vandreren of Säckingen
• Irish Wanderer

Memorial

• 6 March

Profile

Born to the Irish nobility. Evangelist. Benedictine monk at Luxeuil Abbey and at Poitiers, France. Received a vision of Saint Hilary of Poitiers in which he was shown the location of Hilary‘s relics, which had been lost during a Vandal invations. Fridolin found them, and built a chapel to house them. He built churches in Alsace, in Switzerland, and in Burgundy. Missionary among the Alamanni in the Upper Rhine; many thought he was a roaming cattle thief, and chased him away. He founded the monastery in Säckingen, Baden (part of modern Germany, and served as its abbot. On the date of his feast, the houses of Säckingen are decorated with the flags of Germany, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Born

• Irish

Died

• c.540 at Säckingen, Germany of natural causes
• buried in Säckingen

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• for good weather
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• Alsace, France
• Glarus, Switzerland
• Säckingen, Germany
• Strasbourg, France

Representation

• abbot leading a skeleton by the hand
• pilgrim with a staff and book

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Relgion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Fridolin“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 May 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>