Saint Fridolin

  March 6

An Irish priest, circa 650, who settled at Poitiers, and who had a vision that enabled him to recover the body of the founder of St. Hilary Monastery there, was elected abbot and rebuilt the church destroyed by Vandals where the relics were housed.

He left when the work was well under way and then settled on an island in the Rhine near Coire Switzerland. Our saint built a monastery there and he was again selected to be the abbot; he established a convent and a school for boys. Because he made so many treks to preach the Gospel he was given the surname of "the Wanderer".