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Fulco of Ireland

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

Biography

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

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References

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  • Irish Saints in Italy, Anselmo Tommasini; translated J.F. Scanlan, London, 1937