- 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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caption= "Fridianus draws the new course of the riverSerchio . Chapel of the Cross, Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca."
birth_place= Ireland
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issues=Saint Fridianus ( _it. San Frediano, also "Frigidanus, Frigidian, Frigianu") is venerated as a
Christian saint of the 6th century and as abishop of Lucca . TheBasilica di San Frediano inLucca 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 onMount Pisano , near Lucca, after going onpilgrimage toRome . 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 ofUlster (Ultonia), of whom in his "Dialogues" (III, 10)St. Gregory the Great relates amiracle .” [ [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 theLombards . He may have founded a group of eremeticalcanon priests ; these canons merged with theCanons 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.References
External links
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/78150 San Frediano di Lucca]
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