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Blessed Frederick of Hallum

photograph of a detail of a statue of Blessed Frederick of Hallum, Hallum, Netherlands, artist unknown; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Frederick Feikone
Federico

Memorial

3 March
3 February on some calendars
4 February on some calendars

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Son of a poor widow. Had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, to Saint John the Baptist, and to Saint Cecilia. Teacher in his home town. Priest. Vicar of his native Hallum. Premonstratensian monk. Founded the monastery of Mariengarten, Netherlands. Simultaneously abbot of Mariengarten, Groingen, and Dockum.

Born

Hallum, Frisia (in modern Netherlands)

Died

3 March 1175 in Frisia (modern Netherlands) of natural causes
so many miracles were reported at his grave that it became a pilgrimage site
relics transferred to the abbey church in Bonne-Espereance in 1616 due to Calvinist rule in Frisia; they were in the habit of destroying relics
relics transferred to Vellereille during the French Revolution to prevent their destruction
relics transferred to Leffe, Dinant, Belgium in 1938