Saint Fridolin
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- Also known as
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Apostle of the Upper Rhine
Irish Wanderer
- Memorial
- 6 March
- Profile
- Born to the Irish nobility.
Evangelist.
Benedictine monk 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.
Built churches in Alsace, Switzerland, and Burgundy.
Missionary among the Alamanni in the Upper Rhine; many thought he was a roaming cattle thief, and chased him away.
Founded the monastery of Säckingen, Baden.
Abbot.
On the date of his feast, the houses of Säckingen are decorated with the flags of Germany, Switzerland, and Ireland.
- Born
- Irish
- Died
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c.540 at Säckingen near Basle, Switzerland
buried in Säckingen
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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Alsace, France
for good weather
Glarus, Switzerland
Säckingen, Germany
Strasbourg, France
- Representation
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abbot leading a skeleton by the hand
pilgrim with a staff and book
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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