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Position:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nOSB missionary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Patron:<\/b><\/td>\n\n

Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, and the Swiss cantons of Glarus and S\u00e4ckingen, and good weather, invoked as a protector against fires and floods, as well as a protector against childhood illnesses and pain in the limbs<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Attributes:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n\n

Benedictine, skeleton, or dead<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CURRICULUM VITAE<\/span><\/p>\n

He was a missionary from Ireland. He worked as a wandering monk. In France, in Poitiers, he retrieved the remains of St. Hilary from the ruins. He founded churches and searched for the place to which he had been called in a dream. It was an island in the Rhine, where he built a temple and a double monastery near S\u00e4ckingen.<\/span><\/h2>\n

CV FOR MEDITATION<\/span><\/p>\n

IN THE DESIRE TO SPREAD THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH<\/span><\/h2>\n
He came from an old noble family in Ireland. From his early youth, he longed for a spiritual life. After the death of his parents, he distributed his inherited fortune and became a priest, preaching the word of God without a permanent job in the Irish countryside. In the Lord’s Prayer, when he heard the words “Thy kingdom come,” he thought of the regions outside his homeland where Christ was not yet known, and he wished to contribute to his fame.
\nHe saw God’s call behind the desire of his heart, set out across the sea to Gaul, and came to Poitiers, the former place of activity of Saint Hilarius. Out of respect for him, he searched for the ruins of his church and monastery, which had been destroyed by the Visigoths in 409. Fridolin then spoke to the Bishop of Poitiers, to whom he confided a dream in which Hilarius had called on him to search for his grave and also to begin rebuilding the church. He received not only a blessing for this, but also the promise that he would become abbot of the future monastery near the church. To obtain the necessary funds, they set off together to ask King Clovis I for help. He received them politely and gave them the amount they needed. During the excavations, they were fortunate enough to discover Hilarius’ tomb and recover his remains.<\/span><\/h5>\n
During the construction, Fridol\u00edn received a call in a dream, instructing him to leave the building’s completion to two brothers. With some of the relics he had found, he travelled to the Alemannic island in the Rhine and worked there as a missionary. Although he did not know exactly where it was, he obeyed the call and set out to find the island. His journey is marked by small churches dedicated to St Hilary, which he built during his longer stops. The first was by the Moselle River, between Koblenz and Trier; the second was in Strasbourg; then he travelled through Burgundy to Chur, where he built the third. He preached the gospel everywhere he went.
\nFinally, he sailed down the Rhine and discovered the island he was looking for, located between Basel and Zurzach. He anchored at S\u00e4ckingen, which later became the spiritual centre of the Upper Rhine. He traveled to the nearby island of Sekkinky. While searching for a suitable place to build a temple, he was attacked and suspected of being a thief who was stalking herds. He was mistreated and banished. Fridolin then turned to the Frankish king, Dietrich, for help. Dietrich gave him a letter granting him full power to build a temple and monastery on the island. Returning with his escort, he began building the temple. During the dry season, when the river was low, it was possible to cross from the left bank to the island to build the monastery. It is said that Fridolin calmed the growing opposition to the construction by diverting part of the river’s flow into a dry riverbed using massive spruce trees that had been felled.
\nHe established fruit gardens around the monastery. He encouraged sports at the monastery school. He was kind and cautious. Thanks to his efforts, the island became an oasis of peace and prayer. Parents were happy to entrust their children to a Christian education there. Fridolin travelled widely in Alemannia, zealously preaching the Christian faith and converting many pagans. Missionary activity in the region gained great momentum.<\/span><\/h5>\n

About the attribute, it is worth noting that, according to legend, Fridolin resurrected the dead nobleman Ursus, from whom he had previously received a large plain for the construction of a temple, and brought him to court as a witness. He had to go to court because he was denied the right to the temple land, which he had probably already received while searching for the island. The result is the canton of Glarus, whose coat of arms depicts Fridolin resurrecting a dead man from the grave.<\/span><\/h2>\n

RESOLUTION, PRAYER<\/span><\/p>\n

I will pray to know God’s will for me and ponder it.<\/span><\/h2>\n

God, you called Saint Friplandolin to follow your Son in poverty and humility and to serve your Church through his preaching and example. Help us, through his intercession, to remain faithful to your call and to follow the path that Christ has shown us. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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