Fragan was a 5th-century pre-Congregational saint and

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. He is celebrated on 3 October in the Calendar of the Breton Saints, and shares with Gwen a feast day 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

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Family

He was the husband of Gwenn and father of the

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s Jacut 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

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Winwaloe 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 Bri ...

, 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, son of Eneas Ledewig (or Aeneas of Brittany) and Teirbron.

Biography

He left

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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 Ploufrag ...

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) towards the end of the 4th century or perhaps as late as 418 AD. There he settled in the

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valley. He was the founder of the castle of Lesguen, in the present commune of

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. Fragan is also known for having amassed a small army in haste to repel a larger force of pagan pirates at the

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.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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