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|name=Saint Fiacre of Breuil |
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|birth_date=7th century |
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|death_date= 18 August 670 |
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|feast_day=30 August. |
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|image=Eglise Notre-Dame Bar-le-Duc Vitrail Saint Fiacre 30 04 2012.jpg |
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|caption=Stained glass window, Notre-Dame, [[Bar-le-Duc]], [[France]], 19th century. |
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|birth_place=Ireland |
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|attributes=spade; basket of vegetables. |
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|patronage= medicine; gardeners; venereal disease sufferers |
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'''Saint Fiacre''' ('''{{lang-ga|Fiachra}}''', {{lang-la|Fiacrius}}) is the name of three different Irish saints, the best-known being '''Saint Fiacre of [[Breuil, Marne|Breuil]]''', (died 18 August 670),<ref name=CathEncyclopedia /> who built a [[Hostel|hospice]] for travellers in what is now [[Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne]] in France. |
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{{lang|ga|''Fiachra''}} is an ancient pre-Christian name from Ireland. The meaning has been confused by various mis-translations, referring it to meaning "battle king",<ref name="Ó Corráin 1981"/> or it maybe being a derivative of the word {{lang|ga|''fiach''}} "raven".<ref>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of First Names| last1=Hanks | first1=Patrick| authorlink1= Patrick Hanks| last2=Hodges |first2=Flavia | publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1990| isbn=0-19-211651-7}}</ref> but the name actually means hunter/tracker or something that hunts/tracks things down. Some have been known to refer to Fiachra as even meaning "predator". The name can be found in ancient Irish folklore and stories such as the ''[[Children of Lir]]''. |
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==Saint Fiacre of Breuil== |
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===Life=== |
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[[File:Saint fiacre.jpg|thumb|upright|Saint Fiacre, 15th-century statue, Church of [[Saint Taurinus|St Taurin d'Évreux]]]] |
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Fiacre lived in a [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] in [[County Kilkenny]]. His unwonted fame as one skilled with herbs, a healer and holy man, caused [[Apprenticeship|disciple]]s to flock to him. Seeking greater solitude, he left his native land and sought refuge in France, at [[Meaux]].<ref name=CathEncyclopedia>{{cite encyclopedia |publisher=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]] |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06067a.htm |title=St. Fiacre |accessdate=2007-12-06}}</ref> |
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He approached [[St Faro]], the [[Bishop of Meaux]], to whom he made known his desire to live a life of solitude in the forest. St Faro assigned him a site at Breuil, in the region of [[Brie (region)|Brie]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/damien.jullemier/sts/st-fiacre.htm |title=Saint Fiacre |publisher=pagesperso-orange.fr }} (in French)</ref> Here Fiacre built an [[Oratory (worship)|oratory]] in honour of the [[Virgin Mary]], a hospice in which he received strangers, and a cell in which he himself lived apart. He lived a life of great [[Mortification in Roman Catholic teaching|mortification]], in prayer, fast, vigil, and the manual labor of the garden. He died on 18 August 670. |
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===Legends=== |
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St Faro allowed Fiacre as much land as he might entrench in one day with a [[furrow]]; Fiacre turned up the earth with the point of his staff, toppling trees and uprooting briers and weeds. A suspicious woman hastened to tell Faro that he was being beguiled and that this was [[witchcraft]]. Faro, however, recognized that this was the work of God. From this point on it is said St Fiacre barred women, on pain of severe bodily infirmity, from the precincts of his monastery.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=276 St. Fiacre - Catholic Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Veneration=== |
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[[File:St Fiachra's Garden.jpg|thumb|St. Fiachra's garden]] |
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St Fiacre's [[relics]] are installed in [[Meaux]] Cathedral. The [[Roman Martyrology]] commemorates his feast on 30 August. Meaux continued to be a great centre of devotion to Fiacre, especially during the 17th and 18th centuries. Visitors to his shrine included [[Anne of Austria]], [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet|Bousset]], and [[Vincent de Paul]].<ref name=dictionary>{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=David Hugh|title=The Oxford dictionary of saints|year=1997|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=Oxford [u.a.]|isbn=0-19-280058-2|pages=183|edition=4. ed.}}</ref> St Fiacre had a reputation for healing [[haemorrhoids]], which were called "Saint Fiacre's figs" in the Middle Ages. [[Cardinal Richelieu]] visited the saint's relics hoping for relief from this illness.<ref name=Marius>[http://harvardmagazine.com/1998/07/vita.html Marius, Richard. "Vita - Saint Fiacre", Harvard Magazine, 1998]</ref> |
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===Patronage=== |
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St Fiacre is the [[patron saint]] of the French commune [[Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne|Saint-Fiacre]]. He is also the patron of those who grow vegetables and medicinal plants, and of gardening in general. <ref name=Marius /> To celebrate the Millennium, St. Fiachra's Garden was opened in 1999 at the [[Irish National Stud]], Tully, County Kildare, Ireland.<ref>[http://irishnationalstud.ie/visitors/44/st-fiachras-garden.html "St. Fiachra's Garden"], in [http://irishnationalstud.ie/ Irish National Stud] website, accessed 18 June 2014.</ref> |
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Saint Fiacre is commonly invoked to help heal people suffering from various ills, based on his reputed skill with medicinal plants. His reputed aversion to women is believed to be the reason he is known as the patron saint of venereal disease sufferers.<ref name=dictionary /> |
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===Fiacre cabs=== |
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{{main|Fiacre (carriage)}} |
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From about 1650, the Hotel de Saint Fiacre, in the rue St-Martin in Paris, rented [[carriage]]s. These carriages came to be known as [[fiacre (carriage)|fiacres]], which became a generic term for rented horse-drawn transport. Although sometimes claimed by taxi-drivers as a patron saint, St. Fiacre is not recognised as such by the Church.<ref name=Marius /> |
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==Other St. Fiacres== |
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Two other Saint Fiachra/Fiacres existed - Saint Fiachra, Abbot of Urard, County Carlow (Ireland) and Saint Fiachra, Abbot of Clonard.<ref name="Ó Corráin 1981">{{cite book| title=Gaelic Personal Names| last1=Ó Corráin | first1=Donnchadh |last2=Maguire |first2=Fidelma | publisher=The Academy Press| location=Dublin| year=1981| isbn=0-906187-39-7}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Graiguenamanagh]], a village in [[County Kilkenny]] said to have been founded by Saint Fiacre. |
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==References== |
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; Notes |
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; Sources |
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* Ní Mheara, Roísín (2001). ''Early Irish Saints in Europe - Their Sites and their Stories'', Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://saintspreserved.com/fiacre.htm Fiacre] |
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*{{it icon}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/68200 San Fiacrio (Fiacre)] |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Fiacre |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Irish saint |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Ireland |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiacre}} |
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[[Category:7th-century births]] |
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[[Category:7th-century deaths]] |
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[[Category:Carriages]] |
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[[Category:7th-century Christian saints]] |
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[[Category:Medieval Irish saints on the Continent]] |
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[[Category:Medieval Gaels]] |
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[[Category:7th-century Irish people]] |
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[[Category:Merovingian saints]] |
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[[Category:Irish expatriates in France]] |
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Revision as of 05:55, 20 April 2015
THE NAME "FIACRE" Belongs to the Nazário de Lima Brothers. Who live in BRAZIL.