Saint Findan of Rheinau November 15

 Saint Findan of Rheinau

Also known as

Findanus, Fintan 

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