Fridianus draws the new course of the river Serchio. By Amico Aspertini Chapel of the Cross, Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca.
Bishop of Lucca
Born
Ireland
Died
588 Italy
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Feast
March 18
Attributes
rake, hoe
Fridianus (Italian: San Frediano, also Frigidanus, Frigidian, Frigianu), was an Irish prince and hermit, fl. 6th century. Tradition names him as a son of King Ultach of Ulster. He later migrated to Italy, where he was appointed as Bishop of Lucca. The Basilica of San Frediano in the city is dedicated to him, as are churches in Florence.
was St. Fridianus (560-88), son of Ultonius, King of Ireland, or perhaps of a king of Ulster (Ultonia).” According to his legend, Fridianus was brought...
Face and to the relics of important saints, such as San Regolo and Saint Fridianus, the city was one of the main destinations of the Via Francigena, the...
realization, in the church of Santo Spirito, of a chapel dedicated to Saint Fridianus. The chapel was built in the old sacristy of the church and in 1433 it...
saint Ælla, king of Deira (approximate date) Agericus, bishop of Verdun Fridianus, Irish prince and saint Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 536) Monulph...
but died en route in Lucca, where he was buried in the church of Saint Fridianus. The name of the saints' father is not given in the 8th-century Hodoeporicon...
Romanesque church in Lucca, Italy, situated on the Piazza San Frediano. Fridianus (Frediano) was an Irish bishop of Lucca in the first half of the 6th century...
which surrounded Lucca. Tradition attributes the land reclamation to Fridianus, bishop of Lucca, who had the Serchio flow directly into the sea with...
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San Frediano ("Saint Fridianus") is the name of an early Christian Irish pilgrim, who became bishop of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Named after him are: Basilica...
Carmelite convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli. The church is dedicated to St Fridianus, an early Christian Irish pilgrim who became bishop of Lucca; putatively...
pilgrimage held every three years to San Pellegrinto del Alpi. Andrew the Scot Fridianus Muiris Ó Fithcheallaigh Luke Wadding Vauchez, Andri. Sainthood in the...
saint Ælla, king of Deira (approximate date) Agericus, bishop of Verdun Fridianus, Irish prince and saint Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 536) Monulph...
Council of Sardica (343). Remarkable for sanctity and miracles was St. Fridianus (Frediano) (560–588), son of Ultonius, King of Ireland, or perhaps of...
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