Fiacre
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</div>| Saint Fiacre<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> Mural depicting Saint Fiacre, in Seville, Andalusia</td></tr> | |
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| Born | 7th Century in Ireland |
| Died | |
| Feast | September 1 in Ireland, August 18 everywhere else<tr><td>Patronage</td>
<td>Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids</td></tr> |
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Saint Fiacre (or Fiachra) was born in Ireland in the seventh century. He was better known in France, where he built a hospice for travellers in what is now Saint-Fiacre. His relics are installed in Meaux Cathedral. In Ireland his feast day is 1 September; elsewhere it is 18 August.
[edit] References
- Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati. ISBN 0-14-019544-0
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