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,
and shares with Gwen a
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
on 5 July in the Roman Calendar.
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
A husband is a male in a marital relationship, who may also be referred to as a spouse. The rights and obligations of a husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between societies and cultures, ...
of
Gwenn and father of the
twins
Jacut Jacut was a 5th-century Cornish Saint who worked in Brittany. He is commemorated liturgically on 6 February.
His father was Fragan, a prince of Dumnonia, and his mother Gwen Teirbron. The young family had fled to Brittany to avoid the plague rag ...
and
Guethenoc,
of
Guénolé
Saint Winwaloe ( br, Gwenole; french: Guénolé; la, Winwallus or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally " Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Britt ...
, and of
Creirwy,
Winwaloe, son of Prince Fragan (or Fracan) and Teirbron.
[Butler, Alban. ]
The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints
', volume 1, p. 275 (Henry & Co. 1857).[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). He is also a cousin of
Riwall and stepfather to
Cadfan Cadfan or St Cadfan might refer to:
* The Battle of Cadfan, fought between English and Welsh armies in 1257
* Cadfan ap Iago, King of Gwynedd (7th century floruit)
* John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923), Archdruid of Wales, used the bardic name ''Cad ...
, son of Eneas Ledewig (or Aeneas of Brittany) and Teirbron.
Biography
He left
Britain and moved to
Ploufragan
Ploufragan (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Ploufragan lies adjacent to the southwest of Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture and largest city of Côtes-d'Armor.
Population
Inhabitants of Ploufragan ...
(
Côtes-d'Armor) towards the end of the 4th century or perhaps as late as 418
AD. There he settled in the
Sang River valley. He was the founder of the castle of Lesguen, in the present commune of
Plouguin
Plouguin (; oc, Plougin) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France.
It lies northwest of Brest, France, Brest, about from the Engl ...
.
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.
[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,]
References
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5th-century Christian saints
5th-century Scottish people
Scottish saints
Armorica