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FIACRE, SAINT (Celt. Fiachra)

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 309 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FAT-FLA
FIACRE, SAINT (Celt. Fiachra) , an anchorite of the 7th century, of noble Irish descent. We have no information concerning his life in his native country. His Acta, which have scarcely any historical value, relate that he left Ireland, and came to France with his companions. 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 spot called Prodilus (Brodolium), the modern Breuil, in the province of Brie. There St
Fiacre
  built a monastery in honour of the Holy Virgin, and to it added a small
house
  for guests, to which he himself withdrew. Here he received St Chillen (? Killian), who was returning from a
pilgrimage
  to Rome, and here he remained until his death, having acquired a
great
  reputation for miracles. His remains rested for a long time in the place which he had sanctified. In 1568, at the time of the religious troubles, they were transferred to the
cathedral
  of Meaux, where his shrine may still be seen in the sacristy. Various relics of St
Fiacre
  were given to princes and
great
  personages. His festival is celebrated on the 3oth of August. He is the patron of Brie, and gardeners invoke him as their protector. French hackney-coaches received the name of fiacre from the Hotel St Fiacre, in the rue St Martin, Paris, where one Sauvage, who was the first to provide cabs for hire, kept his vehicles.
See Acta Sanctorum, Augusti vi. 598-620; J. O'Hanlon, Lives of the Irish Saints, viii. 421-447 (Dublin, 18751904); J. C. O'
Meagher
 , " Saint Fiacre de la Brie," in Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy
 , 3rd
series
 , ii. 173-176. (H. DE.)


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