Fragan

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
BornScotland
Died5th century
Venerated inCatholic Church
Western Orthodoxy
Feast3 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

He 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

He 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
  1. "Modèle:Almanak octobre". GrandTerrier. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. Butler, Alban. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, volume 1, p. 275 (Henry & Co. 1857).
  3. 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).
  4. William Hone, The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of popular amusements (William Hone, 1837) p281.
  5. 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).
  6. Ancien nom parfois attribué au vent, en particulier au mistral, mais ici au vent de noroît
  7. Moine Clément, Vie de saint Gwennolé confesseur, dite Vie brève, vers 860
  8. "Saint-Frégant : Histoire, Patrimoine, Noblesse (commune du canton de Lesneven)". infobretagne.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  9. "Prieuré de Lochrist-an-Izelvet (ou Izelvez) en Plounévez-Lochrist (Finistère - Bretagne)". infobretagne.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. 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,
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