Saint Famianus
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- Also known as
- Famian; Quardus
- Memorial
- 8 August
- Profile
- Pilgrim to Rome, the Holy Lands, and Compostela, Spain.
Stayed at Compostela as a hermit for 25 years at San Placido on the River Minho.
When the Cistercian abbey of Osera was built nearby, he joined the Order.
Later made a second pilgrimage to the Holy Land, dying on the road as he returned.
- Born
- 1090 at Cologne, Germany
- Died
- 1150 at Gallese, Umbria, Italy of natural causes
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