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Also known as

• Findanus
• Fintan

Memorial

• 15 November

Profile

Captured by Norse raiders, who murdered the rest of his family, Findan was forced into slavery in the Orkney Islands. He escaped to Scotland and headed south, becoming a pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Monk at Farfa Abbey, Farfa Sabina, Italy. Monk and hermit in Rheinau Abbey, Rheinau, Switzerland for 22 years, living his last 17 years as a walled-in recluse.

Born

• Leinster, Ireland

Died

• 879 at the Rheinau Abbey, Rheinau, Switzerland of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the Fintansaltar in the abbey church

Canonized

• 1114 by Pope Paschal II (cultus confirmation)

Representation

• dove
• pilgrim‘s staff

MLA Citation

• “Saint Findan of Rheinau“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 August 2020. Web. 25 April 2024. <>