ST FRIDIANUS, BISHOP OF LUCCA, CONFESSOR - 18 MARCH

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 18th of March

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SAINT FRIDIANUS, BISHOP OF LUCCA, CONFESSOR 

Saint Fridianus (Fridian, Frigdian) is said to have been son to a king of Ulster in Ireland, at least he is looked upon as of Irish extraction. 

HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SON TO A KING OF ULSTER

Travelling into Italy, to improve himself in ecclesiastical learning and virtue, he made such progress that, upon the death of Germinian, bishop of Lucca, he was chosen bishop of that extensive diocese, the eleventh from Saint Paulinus, founder of that church, said to have been a disciple of Saint Peter. 

HE CHECKED AN IMPETUOUS FLOOD OF THE RIVER AUSER

Saint Gregory the Great assures us, that he miraculously checked an impetuous flood of the river Auser, now called the Serchio, when it threatened to drown a great part of the city. 

HIS HOLY DEATH

St Fridian died in 578, and was buried in a place where the church now stands which bears his name. Pope Alexander II sent for some regular canons from this church to establish that order in the churches of Saint John Lateran, and of the cross of Jerusalem, at Rome, but, in 1507, the congregation of Saint Frigdian was united to that of Saint John Lateran.

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Fridianus, your blessed bishop, may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

➡️ His entry in the Roman Martyrology