Venerable
Frederick of Arras
A Western holy monk associated with Arras, reposed in 1020.
- Feast
- January 6old style January 19
- Reposed
- 102011th century
- Place
- Arras
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Frederick of Arras was a monk of France who reposed in 1020. He was a son of the Count of Verdun and gave his inheritance to the Bishop of Verdun.
He then set out for the Holy Land. On his return he became a monk at the abbey of Saint-Vanne and later at the abbey of Saint-Vaast in Arras, where he spent his last years.
He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 6 January (new style).
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