Fintan (Findan) of Rheinau
- fl. 9th century
- Feast-day: 15 November, 25 November
- Rheinau, Switzerland, Orkneys, Ireland
- saints of Ireland
- (agents)
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Monastery on an islet at a bend of the Rhine, in the present municipality of Rheinau (Andelfingen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland), near St. Gallen. The Irishman St Fintan (Findan) is said to have arrived there as a pilgrim in the 9th century, after an escape from his viking captors, and attained sainthood.
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