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FIACRE, SAINT (Celt. Fiachra)

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FIACRE, See also:SAINT (See also:Celt. Fiachra) , an anchorite of the 7th See also:century, of See also:noble Irish descent. We have no See also:information concerning his See also:life in his native See also:country. His Acta, which have scarcely any See also:historical value, relate that he See also:left See also:Ireland, and came to See also:France with his companions. He approached. St See also:Faro, the See also:bishop of See also:Meaux, to whom he made known his See also:desire to live a life of solitude in the See also:forest. St Faro assigned him a spot called Prodilus (Brodolium), the See also:modern Breuil, in the See also:province of See also:Brie. There St Fiacre built a monastery in See also:honour of the See also:Holy Virgin, and to it added a small See also:house for guests, to which he himself withdrew. Here he received St Chillen (? Killian), who was returning from a See also:pilgrimage to See also:Rome, and here he remained until his See also:death, having acquired a See also:great reputation for miracles. His remains rested for a See also:long See also:time in the See also:place which he had sanctified. In 1568, at the time of the religious troubles, they were transferred to the See also:cathedral of Meaux, where his See also:shrine may still be seen in the See also:sacristy.

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relics of St Fiacre were given to princes and great personages. His festival is celebrated on the 3oth of See also:August. He is the See also:patron of Brie, and gardeners invoke him as their See also:protector. See also:French See also:hackney-coaches received the name of fiacre from the Hotel St Fiacre, in the See also:rue St See also:Martin, See also:Paris, where one Sauvage, who was the first to provide cabs for hire, kept his vehicles. See Acta Sanctorum, See also:Augusti vi. 598-620; J. O'Hanlon, Lives of the Irish See also:Saints, viii. 421-447 (See also:Dublin, 1875–1904); J. C. O'See also:Meagher, " Saint Fiacre de la Brie," in Proceedings of the Royal Irish See also:Academy, 3rd See also:series, ii. 173-176. (H.

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