Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Fintan (Findan), Saint

FINTAN (FINDAN), SANTO

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FINTAN (Findan), Saint. - Benedictine, b. in Leinster (Ireland) at the beginning of the 9th century, d. at Rheinau in 878. Captured in a raid by the Normans and carried off to the Orkneys as a slave, he managed to escape and take refuge under the protection of a bishop of Scotland.

After a pilgrimage to Rome, he became a Benedictine in the abbey of Farfa, whence he moved to the monastery of Rheinau in the Black Forest. He spent the last twenty-two years of his life in complete solitude. His relics, preserved at Rheinau, were burned, except for the head, in 1520. Feast on 15 Nov.

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BIBL.: J. Mabillon, Acta SS. Ordinis S. Benedicti, IV, 1, Paris 1726, pp. 356-60; MGH, Scriptores, XV (1888), pp. 503-506.

Celestino Testore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1395.

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Testore, Celestino. “Fintan (Findan), santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1395. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fintan-findan-santo.

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Testore, Celestino. “Fintan (Findan), santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1395. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fintan-findan-santo.

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  author    = {Testore, Celestino},
  title     = {Fintan (Findan), santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1395},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fintan-findan-santo}
}

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