Name
Friardus, recluse near Nantes, ob. 573
Saint ID
S00078
Reported Death Not Before
573
Reported Death Not After
572
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses
| ID | Title | E00174 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Friardus (recluse near Nantes, ob. 573, S00078): it presents the saint as having particular powers over the natural world, and tells how his companion was deceived by the devil into thinking he was a saint; all near Nantes (north-west Gaul). Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 10, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Friardus. | E00176 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Friardus (recluse near Nantes, ob. 573, S00078), recounts how, Secundellus, Friardus' fellow recluse on an island near Nantes (north-west Gaul), was deceived by the devil into believing he was a saint, until set right by Friardus. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (10.2) written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00177 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Friardus (recluse near Nantes, ob. 573, S00078), tells of miracles at the death of the saint, and of his burial; near Nantes (north-west Gaul), in 573. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (10.4), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E05870 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of the Fathers, collecting the lives of twenty Gallic bishops, abbots and recluses; written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview/list of the twenty Lives. | E07871 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.37), records the death, and briefly describes the life in the territory of Nantes (north-west Gaul), of *Friardus (recluse near Nantes, ob. 573, S00078), and mentions that he has written an account of his life. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. |
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