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Fulco of Ireland (fl. 8th/9th century) was an Irish soldier.


Biography

Fulco was an Irish soldier who came to
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with four thousand Irishmen to serve
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. He married a woman named Da Spettini and they produced a family called Scotti (
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for Irish), a surname still found in that part of
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. He is revered in
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as Saint Fulco.


See also

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Andrew the Scot Andrew the Scot (also known as Andrew of Tuscany and Andrew of Fiesole) was the Irish-born student and assistant of Donatus of Fiesole. He served as archdeacon of Fiesole under Bishop Donatus. Life Andrew the Scot was born in Ireland near the b ...
*
Catald Catald of Taranto (also Cataldus, Cathaluds, Cathaldus, Cat(t)aldo, Cathal; fl. 7th century) was an Irish monk. Biography Cataldus was born in Munster and became the disciple and successor of Mo Chutu of Lismore, Carthage in the famous School ...
*
Deicolus Deicolus (also Déicole, Domgall, other variations; January 18, 625) is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. He was an elder brother of Saint Gall. Life Born in Leinster, Deicolus and his brother, Gall, studie ...
*
Niall Ó Glacáin Niall Ó Glacáin (sometimes anglicised as Nial O'Glacan; 1563 – 1653) was an Irish physician and plague doctor who worked to treat victims of bubonic plague outbreaks throughout continental Europe. He was a physician to Hugh Roe O'Donnell ...
* Sholto Douglas


References

* ''Irish Saints in Italy'', Anselmo Tommasini; translated J.F. Scanlan, London, 1937 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fulco of Ireland 9th-century Irish people Medieval Irish saints Irish soldiers Irish expatriates in France Irish expatriates in Italy