Fridianus

Fridianus

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name= Saint Fridianus
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death_date=588
feast_day= March 18
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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Saint Fridianus ( _it. San Frediano, also "Frigidanus, Frigidian, Frigianu") is venerated as a Christian saint of the 6th century and as a bishop of Lucca. The Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca is dedicated to him.

Tradition makes him a prince of Ireland [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3469 St. Frediano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online ] ] who became a hermit on Mount Pisano, near Lucca, after going on pilgrimage to Rome. The "Catholic Encyclopedia" states: “Remarkable for sanctity and miracles was St. Fridianus (560-88), son of Ultonius, King of Ireland, or perhaps of a king of Ulster (Ultonia), of whom in his "Dialogues" (III, 10) St. Gregory the Great relates a miracle.” [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09405a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Lucca ] ]

Tradition states that he was appointed bishop of Lucca by the pope. During his episcopate, Lucca was attacked by the Lombards. He may have founded a group of eremetical canon priests; these canons merged with the Canons Regular of the Lateran in 1507.

Fridianus had a church built on the spot of the present basilica, dedicated to St. Vincent, a martyr from Zaragoza, Spain. When Fridianus was buried in this church, the church was renamed Ss. Frediano and Vincenzo.

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*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/78150 San Frediano di Lucca]


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