Fragan was a 5th-century pre-Congregational saint and Prince of Scotland. He is celebrated on 3 October in the Calendar of the Breton Saints,[1] and shares with Gwen a feast day on 5 July in the Roman Calendar.
Saint Fragan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Scotland |
| Died | 5th century |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Western Orthodoxy |
| Feast | 3 October (in Brittany) 5 July (Catholic Church) |
Fragan came from Great Britain, and was a Prince of Albany in Scotland. In the 5th century he left Scotland to evangelize Armorica.
Family
editHe was the husband of Gwenn and father of the twins Jacut[2][3] and Guethenoc,[2][3] of Guénolé, and of Creirwy, Winwaloe,[4] son of Prince Fragan (or Fracan) and Teirbron.[2][3] He is also a cousin of Riwall and stepfather to Cadfan, son of Eneas Ledewig (or Aeneas of Brittany) and Teirbron.[5]
Biography
editHe left Britain and moved to Ploufragan (Côtes-d'Armor) towards the end of the 4th century or perhaps as late as 418 AD.[6][7] There he settled in the Sang River valley. He was the founder of the castle of Lesguen, in the present commune of Plouguin.[8][9]
Fragan is also known for having amassed a small army in haste to repel a larger force of pagan pirates at the battle of Lochrist.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Modèle:Almanak octobre". GrandTerrier. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ a b c Butler, Alban. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, volume 1, p. 275 (Henry & Co. 1857).
- ^ a b c Baring-Gould, Sabine and Fisher, John. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 3, p. 38 (1911).
- ^ William Hone, The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of popular amusements (William Hone, 1837) p281.
- ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine and Fisher, John. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 2, p. 9 (C. J. Clark, 1908).
- ^ Ancien nom parfois attribué au vent, en particulier au mistral, mais ici au vent de noroît
- ^ Moine Clément, Vie de saint Gwennolé confesseur, dite Vie brève, vers 860
- ^ "Saint-Frégant : Histoire, Patrimoine, Noblesse (commune du canton de Lesneven)". infobretagne.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Prieuré de Lochrist-an-Izelvet (ou Izelvez) en Plounévez-Lochrist (Finistère - Bretagne)". infobretagne.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Albert Le Grand, La vie, gestes, mort et miracles des Saints de la Bretagne Armorique, ensemble un catalogue des évêques des neuf eveschés d'icelle, 1659,