Fergustus Pictus or Fergus the Pict was a Scoto-

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who is recorded as attending a

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organized by

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(ed.), ''Celtic Scotland'', (Edinburgh, 1887), vol. ii., p. 232, n. 145. He is often identified with the Scottish

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, and with the Fregus of the ''

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'', but the only evidence for this is the name, a name which, either as Fergus or Urgust, just happened to be one of the most popular names in the

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and

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of the Dark Ages.

Notes

References

* Boyle, Alexander, "Notes on Scottish Saints," in ''The Innes Review'', Autumn 1981, p. 78 * Skene, William F. (ed.), ''Celtic Scotland'', (Edinburgh, 1887) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fergustus Pictus Pictish people 8th-century Irish bishops