Re: Fridolin - German?
Makes perfect sense. Either the story of his Irish origin is legendary, invented to make his story "parallel" with other Irish-born saints who were missionaries to continental Europe, or he was an Irishman who adopted a German name. Either way, the name does not have an Irish origin.
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Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Swiff  ·  11/2/2007, 3:09 AM
Re: Sunniva  ·  Satu  ·  11/3/2007, 2:42 PM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Anneza  ·  11/2/2007, 3:13 AM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  11/2/2007, 3:47 AM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Anneza  ·  11/2/2007, 5:30 AM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  JHK  ·  11/6/2007, 11:49 AM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  11/2/2007, 8:26 AM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  FRIDOLIN an Irishman?  ·  11/3/2007, 9:53 AM
Re: Fridolin - German?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  11/4/2007, 1:03 PM
Re: Sunniva - Norwegian? Fridolin - German?  ·  Lumia  ·  11/2/2007, 9:14 AM