Saint Fiacre
Deceased Person
– 0670
Who was Saint Fiacre?
Saint Fiacre was born in Ireland at the end of the 6th century. Fiachra is an ancient pre-Christian name from Ireland. The meaning has been confused by various mis-translations, referring it to meaning "battle king", or it maybe being a derivative of the word fiach "raven". 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.
He was better known in France, where he built a hospice for travelers in what is now Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne.
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