- FABIANUS(1), (called by the Greeks and in the Liberian Catalogue Fanrus, by Eutychius and in the Alexandrian Chronicle FLAVIANUS
- FABIOLA(1), a noble Roman lady, a friend of St. Jerome, who wrote for her two dissertations (Zp. Ixiv. and Ixxviii. ed. Vall.)
- FABIUSbishop of Rome. [Fanranus (1).]
- FABRICIANUS_ bishop
- FACHTNAapparently the same name as FAcHNAN, latinized Facunpbus, and used interchangeably with it, yet not so freely but that i
- FACUNDINUSbishop of Tadinum (now Gualdo Tadino in Umbria), c. 599. (Cappelletti, Le Chiese @' Italia, v. 42; Ughelli, Ztal. Sacr,
- FACUNDUSbishop of Ermiana or Hermiana, in the province of Byzacena,
- FAEBHARDAITH(Fesorpair), abbat of Tulean, now Dulane, in the barony of Upper Kells, co. Meath. He seems to have been put to death in
- FAEGADIUSbishop. [Foreaptvs.]
- FAEILENN[Faia.]
- FAELAN(Faotan, Fintan, Fornan, For-LEN, PHILLAN). Faelan, the diminutive of Fael, a wolf, has assumed a great variety of forms
- FAELDOBAIR(1) Of Clochar, bishop, June 29 (Mart. Doneg.; Mart. Tall.). He died A.D. 702 (Ann. Tig.), but has been confounded by Wa
- FAELGHUS(1) Abbat of Killeigh, in King's County, died a.p. 808. (Four Mast. by O'Donovan, i. 186 n. ¥, 413, A.D. 803; Ann. Ult.
- FAENDELACH(FarnpgEanacn). Commemorated on Sept. 18. There was a Faendalech, son of Maenach, who was abbat and bishop of _Armagh, a
- FAFILA(1) (Favita), the father of the famous PELAYO, according to certain chroniclers.
- FAGAN(FraGAn), usually represented in the legend of king Lucius as sent with Dyfan by
- FAILA(Faiuenna, Faomrann, FormenNA). (1) Virgin, March 3. She was descended from the illustrious house of the Hy-Fiachrach ;
- FAILBHE(FAtvevs). (1) Son of Pipan, abbat of Tona, March 22 (Mart. Doneg.) He was of the noble race of Conall Gulban, in Tyrcon
- FAINA(Seven Martyrs oF Aycyra.]
- FAINCHE GARBHEvirgin, of Rosair-
- FAINDEALACH[FArnpELAcu.]
- FAIRCHELLACH(Forrcupatiacn), of Fobhar (Fore), isecommemorated in Mart. Doneg. and Mart. Tallaght on June 10. Colgan (Acta SS. 144,
- FAITH(fides=rioris), in which last language that twofold meaning was acquired to which the spread of the gospelhas given such
- FAITH, RULE OFIt is clear that over and above the short Creeps which furnished the test to the candidate for baptism, there were hande
- FAITHLEC(Farrutere) founded the abbey of Clontuskert, in the barony of South Ballintober, co, Roscommon (Ware, Jr, Ant. ¢. 26; M
- FAITHLENN"son of Aedh Diamhan, of the race of Core, son of Lugaidh," &c., traced up to Oilill Olum, is commemorated in Mart.
- FALCIDIUSa person, apparently a deacon of Rome, who endeavoured to shew (1) that in the Old Testament Levites were on an equality
- FALCO(Fourgss), 19th bishop of Maestricht (afds. Liége), succeeding his brother Eucherius I. about A.D. 495, and followed by
- FALCONIA(Fattonza) PROBA, of much esteem in the middle ages as a Christian poetess, but of uncertain name, place, and family. Of
- FALDUSbishop of Lyons. [FULCOALDUS.] FALE, ST. [Fivowvs.]
- FALLAMHAIN(Fottoman), bishop, is commemorated on July 31, along with his brothers Colman, Jarnog, Natal or Naile, and Papan, who a
- FALTONIUS PINIANUS[Pruanvs.]
- FALVAXThe standard catalogue of the archbishops of Tarragona contains the death of Falyax, a.D. 578; but in most lists the nam
- FANTINUS(1), confessor. [Fanrtrvs.]
- FANTIUSmartyr, July 31, with Deodata his wife, under Diocletian. They were rich and of noble birth, living at Syracuse. While s
- FAOILEANN[FaILa.] FAOILENN, FAOLAN. [FAELAN.]
- FARA, ST(Burcunporara), daughter of Chagneric, a high official at the court of Theodebert king of Austrasia. Her mother was Leo-
- FARAMUNDUS(1) (FarAmopvs), twenty-third bishop of Paris, succeeding Eusebius Il. and followed by Simplicius. He was a brother of R
- FARANNwas one of the three brothers, called O'Burchan, viz., Farann, Boethgal, and Maoltuile, in the time of Cathal, son of Fi
- FARANNAN[Forannan.]
- FARDULFUSa native of Lombardy, whom Charles the Great carried into France along with king Didier, after the capture of Pavia. Whi
- FARNAN[FORANNAN. }
- FARO(Burcunporaro), ST., nineteenth bishop of Meaux. 'There are three lives of him
- FAROALDUSL., the first Lombard duke of Spoleto, c. 580. According to Paulus Diaconus (iii. 13) he attacked and devastated Classis
- FAROALDUS ILduke of Spoleto, c. 703, son of Thrasamund. He invaded Classis, the port of Ravenna, but at the command of king Liutpran
- FASCIUS(Fasrivs), a Christian of Hippo Regius, who, having incurred a debt of fifteen solidi [about £17 19s. 14d., Smith, Dict,
- FASIRone of the leaders of the Cireumcellions, whom their followers dignified with the title of "leaders of the saints." (Opt
- FASTI SICULI[Curonicon PascHae.]
- FASTIDIOSUS<A monk and presbyter in the north African church at the commencement of the 6th century, at the time when the persec
- FASTIDIUSof whom Gennadius of Marseilles, in his book De Jilustribus Viris (written about A.D. 480, see Ebert's Geschichte der Ch
- FASTIUSof Hippo Regius. [Fascrus.]
- FASTRADAthe third wife of Charles the Great, married to him a few months after the death of Hildegardis in a.D. 783. She was the
- FATHERS, THEThis term has been applied variously, both in classical and Christian times (see Dicr. oF CHRISTIAN ANT. I. 665). It is
- FAUSTA(1) (Fravia Maxim1ana Faust) daughter of the emperor Maximian Heraclius by Eutropia, and second wife of Constantine the
- FAUSTIANUS(Faustrntanus), _ sixth bishop of Dax, succeeding Liberius a.D. 584. He was nominated to the episcopate by the pretender
- FAUSTINA(1) (full name FraviA MAXIMA Faustina, Goltz), third wife of Constantius II. Constantius married her at Antioch in the w
- FAUSTINIANUS(1), legendary father of CLEMENS RomANus (Clem. Recog. ix. 35). In the Clementine Homilies (xiv. 8) the name of the fath
- FAUSTINUSa name sometimes interchanged with Faustus.
- FAUSTUSbishop of Tuburbo. [FausTrnus (4)]
- FAVENTIUS(1), the lessee of the wood of Paratiana, a place twenty-five Roman miles from Rusiccada, in Numidia (Ant. Ztin. 19,3).
- FAVILA[FAFILA. |
- FAVORINUSCarthaginian acolyte (Cyp. Ep. 34). [PHILUMENUS.] [E. W. B.]
- FEACHTNACH(Fecrac, Ann. Ult.), abbat of Fobhar, now Fore, co. Westmeath, died a.D. 781 (Four Mast. by O' Donovan, A.D. Bite ay
- FEADHACH(Fepacu, Ann. Ult. Ferracu, FeTHAcu), son of Cormac, and abbat of Louth, Slaine and Duleek, died a.p. 789 (Four Mast. by
- FEAMMORvirgin.
- FEAR—[Fer—]
- FEBATUSbishop of Orleans in the 5th century, between St. Magnus and Gratianus (Gall. Chr. viii. 1413). {C. H.]
- FEBEDIOLUS(Fivr0tvs), fourth bishop of Rennes, succeeding St. Melanius and followed by Victurius, subscribed the 5th council of Or
- FEBRONIAcommemorated June 25, martyr under Diocletian, A.D. 304. She is said to have lived at Nisibis in Mesopotamia, where she
- FEBRUARIUSbishop of Lerida, signs the acts of the council held at Lerida in a.p. 546 (not 524 as Dahn and others have it, see Teja
- FECHIN, FEICHIN, FEIGHIN, STBesides the following there are other Feichins or Fechins commemorated in the Irish Calendars, at Feb. 22, Aug. 2, and D
- FEDHLIM(Fepe..a, FEDELMIA, FEDHELM, FEIDELMAI, FETHLIMIA), virgin, daughter of Ailill, king of Leinster (ob. 544). She was bapt
- FEDOLIUSan unknown personage,addressed by St. Columban, abbat of Luxeuil, in a poem composed of monometer verses. The concluding
- FEDOLUS, FEDOLIUSthirty - ninth bishop of Paris, succeeding Merseidus and followed by Ragnecaptus, or Radbertus, about the middle of the
- FEGADIUSbishop of Agen. [Foraaprus.] FELANUS, bishop. [Fitan.] FELARTUS, FELERTUS. [FuLarracu.}
- FELERANDUSbishop of Luni, near Sarzana (to which place the see was transferred in the 12th century) in 769. For a legend of events
- FELGELDan anchoret at+Farne, who was cured of a swelling in the face by a piece of leather which Ethelwald, the successor of St
- FELICIAa lady devoted to virginity, wnose mind was disturbed by the misconduct of a bishop, probably Antonius of Fussala, but o
- FELICIANAone of the band of noble Roman ladies who gathered round St. Jerome when at Rome, A.D 383-5. She is saluted by him in a
- FELICIANUS(1) L, fourth in the list of the bishops of Foligno, his native town. His predecessor is anonymous, following Britius ;
- FELICISSIMUS(1), deacon of Carthage, whom Novatus associated with himself in the management of a district called Mons. (Cyp. Ep. 41.
- FELICITAS(1), commemorated on Nov. 23 ; martyr at Rome with her seven sons, under Antoninus Pius, Publius being prefect of the ci
- FELICULA(1), commem. June 53 martyr at Rome, on the Via Ardeatina, with Felicitas, and twenty-one others. There seems a confusio
- FELIM[Fepsurmq1sz.]}
- FELINUSmartyr at Perusia in the Decian persecution, according to the tabulae ecclesiasticae referred to by Baronius. (Baron. A.
- FELIX(28)(1) L, bishop of Rome, probably from January 5, A.D. 269, to Dec. 30, a.D. 274, in the reigns of the emperors Claudius a
- FEOCA, STan Irish devotee, who gave name to the parish of St. Feock, on Falmouth harbour, in Cornwall, where the Celtic tongue wa
- FEOLCBERHTpresbyter in the diocese of Elmham, signs the synod of Clovesho, 803. (Kemble, C. D, 1024.) [C. H.]
- FEOLOGELDthe sixteenth archbishop of Canterbury (Jf. H. B. 616). Before he was raised to the archiepiscopal see he had been an ab
- FERADHACH[Fearapuacu] (1) Abbat
- FERDOMHNACH(FeaRpoMHNACH, latinized FERDOMNACUS, and phonetically contracted into ERpoMHNACH), literally " churchman." (1) Abbat of
- FERDULFUSduke of Friuli, in the beginning of the 8th century. He bribed the Slaves to invade his duchy, and was ultimately killed
- FERFIO(Frarrio), son of Fairbre, abbat of Kilcomreragh, Westmeath, died 762. O'Conor calls him " Abbas coadjutor Midiae," and
- FERFUGILL(FrearruGHaiLL, FirrvrGHILL), of Clondalkin, bishop, commemorated on March 10, is not found in the Mart. Doneyq., but in
- FERGEOLUSJan. 12, bishop of Gratianopolis (Grenoble), and martyr in the 7th century. (Acta SS. Boll. Jan. 1, 743.) [G. T. S.]
- FERGHUS(Feareuus, FERGHASS, FERGUS, Fereusa), from 'fear'a man and 'gus,' strength or valour (Joyce, Zrish Names of Places, 2 s
- FERGIL(1), the Geometer. [ViRGILtvs.]
- FERGNA(FEARGNA, FERGNAUS, VIRGnous). 'These are some of the forms of a name which is found among the Scotch and Irish
- FERGUS(Fereusranus) (1), bishop and confessor, has his legend given in the Breviary of Aberdeen (Prop. SS., pars aestiv. ff. 1
- FERGUSTUSa bishop, but of what place is unknown. Along with " Sedulius Britanniae Episcopus de genere Scotorum," he signed the ca
- FERMERIUS(popularly Fraiane), ST. and confessor in Angouléme, and the isle of Bouin, in the department of La Vendée, commemorated
- FEROXbishop of Macriana Major, a place in Byzacene, present at Carth. Conf. in a.p. 411, (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 402, ed. Oberthii
- FERRANDUSdeacon of Carthage, disciple of Fulgentius of Ruspe. [FULGENTIUs (3).]
- FERRANUS"Episcopus Culdaeus in Scotia," is mentioned by the Scotch annalists, and placed by Dempster in the middle of the 8th ce
- FERREOLUS(1), June 16, presbyter and martyr at Besancon. He suffered with Ferrutio, a deacon. They are said to have been sent the
- FERRIOLUSbishop of Osca (Huesca), in the province of Aragon, between A.D. 803-809. He is also called bishop of Aragon, and again
- FERROCINCTUSone of the bishops who subscribed the third council of Paris (4.D, 557)
- FERRUTIOmartyr. [FeRRxowvs (1).]
- FERRUTIUSOct. 28, a military martyr at Mainz, probably about the year a.p. 296, when a considerable number of soldiers suffered.
- FESTUS(1), Sept. 19, deacon of Beneventum, who, when visiting St. Januarius his bishop at Puteoli, where he had been arrested
- FETHAIDH(FErHaptIvs) is commemorated on March 31 in the Irish Martyrologies, and Colgan (Acta SS. 799) has a short notice of Fet
- FFAGAN(Stubbs, Rey. Sac. 154), legendary British bishop. [FaGAn.]
- FFILI, STa Welsh saint, to whom Rhos Ffili (or Rhos Sili) in Gower is dedicated. He is placed by Rees among the saints who flouri
- FFINAN, STan Irish saint, to whom Llanfinan in Anglesey is dedicated. There is also an Irish saint called Ffinian, who is said to
- FFOMRETNabbat of St. Iltyd, or Llantwit Major, Glamorganshire, witness to the deed of restoration of Abermenci by king Ithael to
- FFRAID[FrRap.]
- FIACC(Fiecu, Frecus), bishop of Sleibhte (now Sletty), commemorated October 12. The Bollandists (Acta SS. Oct. vi. 96-106, an
- FIACHNAa diminutive of Fiach, a raven.
- FIACHRA(Fracurius, gen. from FracuRACH), (1) abbat of Conwal and Clonard, was widely venerated throughout Ireland on Feb. 8. He
- FIACHRAIDH(Fracura), son of Fiacc, is commemorated in the Irish Martyrologies, and in the Scoto-Ivish Kalendar of Drummond Missal
- FIACRIUSsometimes Ferrvs, Fr. Fracre. (Probably Irish-Gaelic Fiachra [gen, Fiachrach] from Fiach a raven, and -ra or -raidh, a c
- FIANAin an Irish Life of St. Barry of Cork, is represented as belonging to a female school which that saint had at Loch Irce,
- FIANAMHAIL(Franamuta, rude LA), son of Gertide(Gertnide, Gertighe), abbat of Clonard, co. Meath, died a.p. 736 (Ann. Tig. ; Four M
- FIANCHUabbat of Lughmadh, now Louth, died A.D. 770 (Four Mast.), or abbat of Luigne, — now Lune, co, Meath, died a.p, 774 (Ann.
- FIANGALACHson of Anmetigate son T. Maelcuraich, abbat of Inisboffin in Loch Ree, co. Longford, died A.D. 750 (Four Mast.). [J. G.]
- FIANGUSabbat of Roscrea, in the barony of Ikerrin, co. Tipperary, died a.p. 805 (four Mast. by O'Donovan, a.D. 800, i. 411). [J
- FIANNACHTA(Fianacutacn) of Ferns, co, Wexford, died a.p. 799 (Four Mast. by O'Donovan, a.D. 794, i. 403; Ann. Ult, a.v. 798). [J.
- FIARIbishop of Agen. [ForGADUus.] FIARMUS, bishop of Viseo, [Frrmus (12).]
- FIBICIUS, ST22nd bishop of Treves, Noy. 5, succeeding Maximianus and followed by Rusticus, Le 'Cofnte believes him to haye been abba
- FIDELIS(1), April 21, martyr in the Diocletian persecution, at Edessa with his mother Bassa and his brothers Theogonius and Aga
- FIDENTIANUSan African bishop, present at the council of Carthage, a.p. 416. (Aug. Ep. 175.) [H. W. P.]
- FIDENTINUSDonatist bishop of Gypsaria, a place in Mauretania Caesariensis, present at Carth. Conf. A.p. 411. (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 40
- FIDENTIUS(1), Sept. 27, martyr under Diocletian and Maximian, a.p. 304, at Tudertum, in Umbria. They are said to have been born i
- FIDES(1), Aug. 1 (Usuardus and Rom. Mart.), Jane 23 (Notkerus), Sept. 16 (Bas. Men, and Symeon Metaphrastes); martyr with her
- FIDHAIRLEUa Suanaigh, abbat of Rathain (now Rahin), commemorated Oct. 1. After the expulsion of St. Carthach Mochuda (May 14) fro
- FIDHBHADHACH(1), abbat of Bangor, died A.D. 767 (Four Mast. A.v. 762; Ann. Ult. A.D. 766.)
- FIDHMUINE(Fivoyne, Frinneuin,) Ua Suanaigh of Raithin (now Rahin), commemorated on May 16. With Fidhairle and Fidhgusa his brothe
- FIDIOLUSbishop of Rennes. [FEBEDIOLUS.]
- FIDOLUS(popularly Fate or Frvete), ST., priest and abbat at or near Troyes in the 6th century, was born of noble parents in the
- FIDUS(1), African bishop, applied to Cyprian and Council, (1) to complain of bishop Therapius haying readmitted to lay commun
- FIGULUSan ecclesiastical writer, known only from the citations by Smaragdus abbat of Saint Mihel (9th century) in his sermons o
- FILACRIUS(Himartvs), bishop of Novara, 552. For his tombstone and epitaph, see Cappelletti. (Cappelletti, Le Chiese dStalia, xiv.
- FILBRITHbishop of London. [EADBERHT. ]
- FILEAS(Usuard. Mart. Feb. 4), bishop of Thmuis. [PHILEAS.] [C. H.]
- FILETUSapparitor to the office of the court of Africa, mentioned in the history of Carth. Conf. a.p. 411. (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 34
- FILIANUSfifth bishop of Soissons. (Gall. Christ. ix. 332.) [R. T. 8.]
- FILIARGIUSbishop, who subscribed the third council of Arles in 461. (Isid. Mercat. in Pat. Lat. cxxx. 382.) [CHS]
- FILIBERTUS(Alcuin, Carm. 76, Opp. ii. 212, ed. Froben), abbat and founder of the monastery of Jumiéges. [PHILIBERTUS. ]
- FILIMIRUS(Fromirvs), bishop of Lamego in Lusitania, signing the acts of the eighth council of Toledo in 653, and of the tenth in
- FILLANwith Felan, Filan, and Phillan, seems to be the Scotch form of the Irish FAELAN, and the person so named at Strathfillan
- FILLEULbishop of Rouen. [FiAvius (6).] FILMIRUS, bishop of Lamego. [FrnmmiRvs. } FILOCALUS, FURIUS DIONYSIUS,
- FILOLOCIUS(Puuttotoctus), bishop of Adrumetum, the capital of Byzacene, present at Carth. Conf. A.p. 411. (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 403,
- FILTERIUSa Gallic bishop (see unknown), is one of those to whom the letter of pope Celestine, on behalf of Prosper and Hilary, is
- FILTIOSUSbishop of Agger in the Byzacene province of Afriea, one of the Catholic bishops summoned to Carthage for a conference wi
- FILUMENUSa Donatist, perhaps a bishop, who, after the decision of the Roman Court of Inquiry in favour of Caecilianus, requested
- FIMOYNE[Frpumurne.]
- FINAN(7) (Frvanus, Finan), a monk of Hii, or Iona, who succeeded Aidan, in A.D. 652, as bishop of Lindisfarne. He was ordaine
- FINBAR[Barry and FINNBHAR.]
- FINBILabbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, now Clonbronay, in the barony of Clonard, co. Long-ford, succeeded Ellbrigh in 785 as the fif
- FINCAN, FINCANA(Frncane, FINTANA, Frrnseca), Oct. 13, daughter of St. Donald of the Glen of Ogilvie, in Forfarshire ; probably in the b
- FINCHAN(FINDCHAN, FINNCHAN), commemorated Mar. 11. In the Irish kalendars there are five saints of this name, and the Mart. Tal
- FINCHELL(Finca Eat, FINNCHEALL, FINNOHELL, Fiypcur, FINNCHE) was commemorated at Sliabh-Guaire, now Slieve-Gory, a mountainous d
- FINCHU(Fryycav, Fryncava, Fryncuvo), son of Finlogh, of Brigown, commemorated Nov. 25. His Life in Irish is preserved in the B
- FINCON(Sixcon, Ann. Tig. A.D. 757), abbat
- FINGAL(Fryeuat), of Lismore, co. Waterford, died A.p. 746 (Ann. Tig. ; Four Mast. a.p. 741; Ann. Ult. a.v. 745). [J. G.]
- FINGAR(Gwinear, WynneER), ST., an Irish saint who gave his name to the parish of Gwinear, close to the Hayle estuary in Cornwa
- FINGINN(Fryaury), son of Fiachra, has his obit given in the Jrish Annals at A.D. 619 (Ann. Tig.; Four Mast. s.v. 614; Ann. Ult.
- FINIAN[Finan and Fryntan.]_ Finianus Scotus, abbas Culdeus, is said by Dempster (Hist. Eccl. Gent. Scot. i. 286) to have flour
- FINLAGANa saint having dedications in Argyleshire. (Bp. Forbes, Kal. Scott. Saints, 348.) [FINNLUGH.] [J..G.]
- FINNBHARis variously represented as Barkere, BARRE, BARRINDUS, Barry, FINBAR, and FINDBAR; it is also equivalent to Finan, Funnt
- FINNCHAN[Fivcnay.]
- FINNCHU, FINNCHUA, FINNCHUO[Fincuv. ]
- FINNEpriest of Druim-licce, is commemorated on Feb. 9, and is, O'Hanlon thinks, of an early date. His dedication is probably
- FINNIA, FINDIAOn Sept. 28 the Felire of Aenghus commemorates "the two shining Finnias," and the second hand inserts the name in Mart.
- FINNIAN, FINDIAN, FINIAN, FINNENAmong the Irish saints in the sixth century a foremost place is held by the two Finnians, who connected the period of St
- FINNLIGH(Fixn1oe, Frxnioca). Son of Diman, of Tmlacht-Finnlogha, Jan, 3, descended from Fiatac: Finn, monarch of Ireland (Reeves
- FINNSEACH= (Frynsecu, —_—'FINNSEGH, FinsecHa, Fusicue), etymologically " white woman." (1) Virgin, who had a dedication at Slieve
- FINNTAN(Finpay, Fintan, FInnTEN), a common Irish name, which is the same as Finan and Finigan, being the diminutive of Finn, an
- FINTANpresbyter, confessor. (Usuard. Mart. Feb. 17.) [FINNTAN (2).]
- FIONCIUSbishop of Lamego, signs the acts of the fifteenth and sixteenth councils of Toledo in 688 and 693 [Frurieus]. (Lsp. Sagr
- FIRMATUSdeacon, commemorated, with his sister, Flavia or Flaviana, virgin, at Auxerre, Oct. 5. (Usuard. Mart.; Hieron. Mart. ; B
- FIRMIANUSbishop of Centuriones in Numidia, banished by MHunneric, a.p. 484. (Victor Vit. Notitia, 56 in Migne, Patrol. Lat. lviii
- FIRMILIANUS(1), ST., bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, one of the greatest prelates of his time ; a friend of Origen, ranked with D
- FIRMINUS(1), bishop of Mimate (Mende); commemorated on Jan. 4. Some argue that he must have lived between St. Privatus, who was
- FIRMUS(1), bishop of Verona, probably early in the 3rd century. (Ughelli, Ztal. Sacr. v. 551; Cappelletti, Chiese d'/tal. x. 7
- FLABIANUSthe name of two African bishops, one of Bulula in Byzacena, the other of Vicus Pacis in Numidia, banished by Hunneric, A
- FLACCIANUS(1), a proconsul of Africa, though at what time is uncertain, mentioned by St. Augustine as a man of ability, education,
- FLACCILLA(1), empress and saint, first wife of Theodosius I.
- FLACCILLUS(Fracittus), Arian bishop of Antioch, A.D. 333-342. There is a very remarkable discrepancy as to the true form of the na
- FLACCUS(1), bishop of Sanis or Sanaus, in Phrygia Pacatiane, one of the Nicene fathers, A.D. 325. (Le Quien, Oriens Christ. i.
- FLACILLUSbishop of Jassus, on the coast of Caria, present at the Council of Chalcedon, A.D. 451. (Le Quien, Oriens Christ. i. 913
- FLAITHBHEARTACH(1) Abbat of Cillmor-Emhir, now Kilmore, situated three miles to the east of Armagh, died A.D. 812. (Hour Mast. by O'Don
- FLAITHGHEAL(FLAtGHEL), son of Taichleach, abbat of Druim-ratha, said by Colgan (Acta SS. 876) to be a church in Leyney, Con-naught,
- FLAITHNIA(Frarrnra), son of Congall, and called The Wise, died 4.D.715. (Four Mast. A.v. 713; Ann, Ult. A D. 714.) [J. G.J
- FLAITHNIADHson of Congall, abbat of Clonfert, co. Longford, died A.p. 781 (Four Mast. by O'Donovan, i. 381, A.D. 776); but in Ann.
- FLAMERISabbat of Chinon. It is stated in the Life of St. Germanus of Paris by Fortunatus that a letter which Flameris received f
- FLAMINAMay 2, virgin and martyr in Gaul during the Diocletian persecution. She suffered under the president Blasius. She was pa
- FLANN(FLAINN, FLANNUS) meaning "red" or "crimson," is used as a proper name, and the latinized form is Florentius or Florence
- FLANNANof Killaloe, commemorated Dec. 18. 'The name is etymologically the diminutive of Flann. Of this saint there appear to ha
- FLAVIA DOMITILLA[Domrrita.] FLAVIANA (FLAviA), virgin, sister of the
- FLAVIANUSbishop of Rome. [FapraNUS (1).]
- FLAVICHOsucceeded Euphronius as bishop of Autun. Cir. A.D. 500. (Gall. Christ. iv. 340.)
- FLAVINUSbishop of Novara. [FLAVIA-
- FLAVITAbishop of Constantinople. [FRA-
- FLAVIUS(1) LATINUS, legendary bishop of Brixia (Brescia), c. A.D. 84 or 90, preceded by St. Clateus a martyr, and followed by S
- FLAVOSUSDonatist bishop of Cigisa, Cicsita, or Sigisa, a town of proconsular Africa, present at Carth. Conf. a.p,411. (Mon. Vet.
- FLESAURa surname of Ethelfrid king of | -
- FLEWYN(Friewyn), Welsh saint of the beginning of the sixth century, son of Ithel Hael, and brother of Gredifael. The two broth
- FLIEUbishop of Rouen. [FLavius (6).]
- FLOBARGISUS(FLopricis, FLoGrBris), bishop of Salzburg (Juvavia) in A.D. 739 (Gams, Ser. Episc. 307 ; Pertz, Mon. Germ. xi. 6). But
- FLOCELLUSmartyr at Autun under Antoninus. (Baron. A, Z. ann, 154, iii.) (C. H.] FLOCOALDUS (Focoatpus, Focanpus, SocoaLpus), twen
- FLODULFUSbishop. [CuopuLFus.]
- FLOGIBRISbishop of Salzburg. (Pertz, Mon. Germ, ix. 757.) [FLoparaisus.] [J. G.]
- FLORA
- FLORBERTUS(1) (FLorEBERTUS, FLORIBERTIUS), thirty-first or thirty-second bishop of Liége, succeeding St. Hubert, whose son he was,
- FLORENCIUSbishop of Merida.
- FLORENDUS(FLoRENDINUvs), tenth bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, following Amandus, and succeeded by Providerius, in the latter half o
- FLORENTIANUS(1), bishop of Midia in" Numidia, banished by Hunneric A.p. 484. (Victor. Vit. Notitia, 56 in Migne, Patr. Lat. lviii.;
- FLORENTINA(1), a young lady to whom St. Augustine wrote expressing his willingness to give her all the help in her studies that he
- FLORENTINA @),STthe sister of Leander, Isidore, and Fulgentius ; younger than Leander, and older than Isidore, who was the youngest of t
- FLORENTINUSSee also FLORENTIUS.
- FLORENTIUS(1), sixth recorded bishop of Tongres, between St. Severinus and Martinus, belonging apparently to about the year 230, j
- FLORESINDUSmetropolitan of Seville from about 682 to before 693, signing the acts of the thirteenth council of Toledo, summoned by
- FLORIANTIUnder this title, with the alternative names Carpocratiani and M1L1TEs, Philaster (57) describes a sect of heretics who
- FLORIANUS(1), bishop of Caesena, in Gallia Cispadana, a member of the Court of Inquiry held at Rome concerning Caecilianus. (Opt.
- FLORIBERTUOSbishop of Liége, BERTUS. |
- FLORIDAvirgin, Jan. 10, mentioned by Gregory of Tours (de Glor. Conf. c. 43, ap. Migne, Patr. Lat. xxi. 81) as buried at Dijon
- FLORIDUS(1), bishop of Tivoli (Tibur), supplied Gregory the Great with material for his Dialogues. (Dial. iii. 13, 35 in Migne,
- FLORIGENIUSIrish saint. [Biarumac.]
- FLORINAMay 1, virgin and martyr in Auvergne, probably during the ravages of the Alemanni in Ganl, A.D. 365-368. (AA. SS. Boll.
- FLORINUS(1), for some time in the latter half of the second century a presbyter of the
- FLORIUSbishop of Cesena. [FLorus (5).]
- FLORUS(1), said to have been bishop of Calaris (Cagliari), in the 2nd century. (Cappelletti, Le Chiese d' Ital. xiii. 48; Coss
- FLOSDec. 31, martyr at Catana in Sicily, with nine others. (Rom, Mart. ed. Baron.) (G. T. S.] FLOSCULUS (Fuscutus), thirteen
- FLUMINIUSbishop of Tabudium (Tabuda) n Numidia, banished by Hunneric, 484. (Victor. Vit. Notitia, 56 in Migne, Patr. Lat. lviii.;
- FOALDUSbishop of Lyons. [FuLcoaLpvs,] FOCALDUS, FOCOALDUS, bishop of
- FOEGADIUS(Faxcapivs,
- FOENDALACH(FornDELACH, FOENNEcx), son of Maenach, bishop of Armagh, suc-
- FOILLANUS[Futnanus (2).]
- FOLACHTACH(Foracuracuus). (1) Son of Teach Tuae, abbat of Clonmacnoise, died a.p. 770 (Four Mast. A.D. 7653 Ann. Ult, A.D. 769). T
- FOLCBERHT(1) An abbat who attests a grant of Offa to archbishop Jaenberht in 774 (Kemble, C. D. 121, 122); his name is attached a
- FOLCBURGa nun of Bath, to whom, in conjunction with the abbess Bernguidi, Ethel-mod, with the consent of king Ethelred of Mercia
- FOLCREDa Mercian abbat, who attests an act recorded in the council of Cealchyth, probably belonging to the year 801 (Kemble, C.
- FOLCUINUS(Fotcwicus, Wottwicus), noticed in the Gallia Christiana (vy. 742) among the abbats of Weissenburg on the Lauter in Alsa
- FOLLIANUSmartyr. [FArLan.] FOLRADUS, abbat.
- FONTEIANUSbishop of Sagalassus, in Pisidia, present at the council of Chalcedon A.D. 451, signs the synodical letter of the counci
- FONTEIUS(1), bishop of Vaison. He was bishop in 450, in which St. Leo e him a
- FORANNAN(FaRANNAN, FARNAN, FORANDANUS, FORNINNAIN). (1) Son of Aedh, com- memorated Feb. 15. Colgan (Acta SS. 336-38) calls his
- FORBFLAITH(Forsruatt), daughter of Connla, abbess of Clonbroney, near Granard, co. Longford, died a.p. 780 (Ann. Ult. a.v. 779; Fo
- FORBHASACH(Forsasa, ForBasacu, FORBOSACH, FORBUSAICH). (1) Forbasa or Forbusaich, abbat of Rath-Aedha, now Rathhugh, in the barony
- FORBIUS(Fortius), thirteenth bishop of Le Puy, succeeding Faustinus, and followed by Flavianus, in the latter part of the 6th c
- FORCRON(Forcrontvs), abbat of Clonmacnoise, in the barony of Garrycastle, King's County, died A.D. 686 (Ann. Tig.; Four Mast. A
- FORDRED[ForTHERE, FORTHRED.]
- FORMARIUSa bishop of Cingulum (Cingoli) in the 6th century. It is uncertain whether he was the predecessor or the successor of Ju
- FORMENIUS(Firuin, Firminus, PARMENivs), a legendary king of Thrace, who had abdicated his kingdom and retired as a hermit among t
- FORMERIUSmartyr. [FERMERIUS.] ~
- FORMINUSbishop of Blera (Bieda), c. A.D. 649. He sat in the Lateran council held by Martin I. in that year. (Cappelletti, Le Chi
- FORTCHERN(1), son of Fedlimidh, commemorated Feb. 17 and Oct. 11. Of this saint we haye several ancient notices, though mone of
- FORTHERE(1) (ForTER), the second bishop of Sherburne (M, H. B. 620). He succeeded Aldhelm whose death occurred in 709, and was a
- FORTHRED(1) (ForpreD, ForTHREDUS), a Northumbrian abbat, who is mentioned in a letter from pope Paul I. to Eadbert king of North
- FORTIS(1), ST., martyr and, according to a vague tradition, an early bishop of Bordeaux. Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on Le
- FORTIUSbishop of Le Puy. rise
- FORTUNAmartyr, Carth.
- FORTUNATAOct. 14, virgin and martyr at Caesarea in Palestine, under the proconsul Urbanus, in the Diocletian persecution. She suf
- FORTUNATIANUS(1), bishop of Assurae
- FORTUNATUS(1), bishop of Thuccaboris in Proc. Prov. of Africa, near Carthage. He attended all Cyprian's synods of which we have li
- FORTUNIOmartyr, Carthage, a.p. 250. [ARIsTo.] [E. W. B.]
- FORTUNIUS(1), Donatist bishop of Tubursicus or Tubursica, a town of Numidia, with whom St. Augustine held a controversy c. A.D. 3
- FORTUNUS(also called Forrunarus), April 21, a martyr at Alexandria with Arator, a presbyter, Felix, and Vitalis. According to Ma
- FORTY MARTYRS, THEThe following groups occur under this title :—
- FOSSONIUS(Fossonvus, Cosontus), fifth bishop of Vermandois, between Maximus and Aeternus, or Fraternus. The first eleven bishops
- FOTAIDEis the name given in the Four Mast., A.D. 432, to the father of Calphran, father of St. Patrick, but he is usually calle
- FOTHADthe canonist, receives special honour from the Irish annalists for his efforts on behalf of the clergy. He was a teacher
- FOTINIANI(Cod. Theod. XVI. v. 6, 65, v.) [PHOTINIANI. ] [T. Wa De]
- FOTINUSscems to be the Scotch ecclesiastical name of Pothinus, bishop and martyr at Lyons, A.D. 177. (Miller, Arbroath and its
- FOUR CROWNED MARTYRSSeverus, Severianus, Carpophorus, Victorinus, who suffered at Rome in the Diocletian persecution, and were commemorated
- FRAECH(Frraicu, Fraicu, Freeius, FRoEcH, Frogaius). Cruimther Fraech, ie. priest Fraech, is commemorated, in the Irish Kalenda
- FRAGITANUSa priest of Cordova, unjustly deposed by the bishop of Cordova (probably Agapius) on his own authority only. The second
- FRAID, FFRAIDthe Welsh form of St. Bride. [Briarpa.] (Jyv. Arch. ii. 42, 51; Welsh Saints, 189-90; Williams, Emin. Welsh, 156-57.) [J
- FRAMBALDUS, FRAMBAUDUS(FrauBALDUS), abbat of Senlis (Silvanectum) and confessor, perhaps belonging to the first half of the 6th century, is fu
- FRAMBOLDUS, STfourteenth bishop of Bayeux, succeeding St. Gereboldus and followed by St. Hugo I. early in the 8th century. (Gall. Chri
- FRAMECHILDIS, FRAMEHEUTmother of St. Austreberta, and wife of the count Palatine Badefridus (Bauffroy). Her legend is given in the Vita S. Aust
- FRAMENGERUStwenty-sixth bishop of Noyon, between Guarulfus and Hunuanus, said to have sat two years, and died a.p.723. (Gail. Chris
- FRANCILIO(Gamcitius, Vincru10us), fourteenth bishop of Tours, following Leo, and suc- ceeded by Injuriosus. He was a native of Po
- FRANCIOmetropolitan bishop of Philippopolis in Thrace, present at the council of Chalcedon 451, and appears among the bishops w
- FRANCLA(FractA, FRANDA), one of the three sisters of SS. Tressan, Gibrian, &.; she went from Ireland to Gaul in perhaps the
- FRANCOseventh bishop of Aix, succeeding Avolus, and followed by Pientius (fl. circ. A.D. 566). Gregory of Tours has the follow
- FRATERbishop of Geneva, said to have attended the council of Milan, A.D. 347, and died 361. (Gall. Christ. xvi. 369.) [k. T. S
- FRATERNUSThe name occurs among the signatures to the epistle of the bishops of Gaul to Leo the Great, A.D. 451; and the lists of
- FRAVITTA(Fuavira, FLAVIANUS, PHRAyirras, or PHrarras), 23rd bishop of Constan- tinople a.p. 489, between Acacius and Euphemius.
- FREARDUSrecluse, near Nantes. (Usuardus, Mart. Aug. 1.) [J. G.]
- FREDEBERTUStwelfth bishop of Angouléme, succeeding Damatius or Tomianus, and followed by Launus I., in the middle of the 8th centur
- FREDEGAND(FripEGANDIs), commemorated July 17. He was one of the Irish mis- sionaries who followed St. Fursey into Gaul, and he bu
- FREDEGARIUSThe name assigned to a chronicler, whose chief claim to attention arises from his taking up the history of France and Bu
- FREDEGUNDIS, FREDEGUNDoriginally aslave of Chilperic I. (Gesta Reg. Fr. 31), became his wife by supplanting Audovera, Whilst Chilperic was abs
- FREDERICUS[Friwericvs.]
- FREDESINDUS(Fripestnpvus), the first bishop of Braga after the Moorish invasion, according to a document said to have been discover
- FREDOARIUSbishop of <Acci (Guadix after the Moorish invasion, about A.D. 720 according to Isidore Pacensis, who praises hin for
- FREGUSa man of holy life, whom St Kentigern found on his death-bed in old age at : place called Kernach, now Carnock, in the p
- FREHELMan abbat whose death is note: by Simeon of Durham (Jf, H. B. 663), under th year 764, His name occurs as a priest abbat
- FREOTHOMUNDan abbat in the dioces of Worcester, who attested the act of the counci of Clovesho in 803. (Kemble, C. D. 1024 Haddan a
- FREOTHOREDa priest of the diocese o London, who attested the act of the council o Clovesho in 803. (Kemble, C. D. 1024; Haddai and
- FREOTHUBERTa priest of the diocese o Elmham who attested the act of the council o Clovesho in 803. (Kemble, C. D. 1024; Haddai and
- FRETELAa learned man, living in Getic: at the beginning of the 3rd century. He i known to us by the reply made by St. Jerome t
- FREYDO(Frayovo, FRarp0), ninth or tenth bishop of Spires, succeeding Basinus or Otho, at the end of the 8th or beginning of th
- FRIARDUSrecluse, has his history given as a moral tale by St. Gregory of Tours (Vitae Pa- 'trum, c. 10, Patr. Lat. Ixxi. 300, 10
- FRICOREUS(Fricoragvs, Fricnor, FRIcuorius, Fricorrus), also called HADRIANUS on the continent on account of the harshness of the
- FRIDEGILSpriest.
- FRIDERICUS(Frepericus, FRETIRICUS, Fricparivs, FricpeRicus), brother of Theodoric
- FRIDERIOUSson of Felectus, Fava, or Phaeba, king of the Rugi, a Norican tribe. Felectus (see Vita S. Severini Noricorum Apostoli b
- FRIDESINDUSbishop of Braga. [FREpESINDUS. |
- FRIDESWIDA, ST(Frepeswinpa, FREDESWYTHA, FRNVISE, FREVISSE, FREWISSE, FRI- DISWIDA, FRITHESWITHA), of Oxford. Her reputed period makes
- FRIDIAN(FRIGDIAN, FRIGIDIAN, PHRIDIAN), of Lucca, commemorated Mar. 18. He is mentioned by Gregory the Great (Dial. iii. 9)
- FRIDOLIN(Winrrep), abbat of Seckingen, commemorated March 6. Of St. Fridolin, the Traveller, and abbat.of Seckingen on the Rhine
- FRIDUINUS(Fripucrinus), addressed by Alcuin in Zp. ccxx. (Opp. i. 283, 284, ed. Froben), and congratulated on his appointment to
- FRIGDIAN[Frivry.]
- FRIGNUALDUS(Kemble, Cod. Dip. 12, note, A.D. 676), bishop subscribing charter of Osric, king of the Hwiccas, the true reading being
- FRIGYDa nun of Hackness, who is mentioned by Bede (iv. 23) as.receiving from the nun Begu an account of her vision at the deat
- FRISIUSJune 24, martyr, about A.p. 741, in the province of Aquitaine, celebrated for miracles upon epileptics. (Acta SS. Doll.
- FRISWIDEabbess. [FRipeswiDA,]
- FRITHBERTbishop. [FRITHOBERT.]
- FRITHEGILS(FRineai1s), a priest of that northern monastery of which Ethelwulf wrote the metrical history. [ETHELWULF (2).] (Acta S
- FRITHEGITHA(FrirnocirHA), the wife of Ethelheard, king of the West Saxons, 728-739. In the year 736 or 737, probably the latter, sh
- FRITHEWALD(FripwoLp), an ealdorman of Surrey, who assisted St. Earconwald in the foundation of the abbey of Chertsey. He is descri
- FRITHOBERT(FREDBERT, FRIDENBERTUS, FRIOTHUBERT, FRITHEBRYHT) was consecrated bishop of Hexham, in the place of Acca, the friend of
- FRITHOWALDa Mercian monk to whom, under the designation of " Monacho Winfridi Episcopi," a grantis made by Oshere, ealdorman of th
- FRITHWALD(FRepwotp, FRITHEWOLD, FRITHOWALDUS), succeeded Pecthelm as - bishop of Candida Casa or Whithern in A.D. 735 (Flor. Wigo
- FRITIGILa queen of the Marcomanni, at the end: of the 4th century. She was so much impressed by what she heard of the Christian
- FRITILASbishop of Heraclea, and metropolitan of Thracia. His name is of Gothic deri- vation and he may have been possibly the Fr
- FROARICUSbishop of Porto (Portucale) from about A.D. 675 to 690, signs the acts of the third council of Braga, and of the twelfth
- FRODAan abbat who attests the grant of Ini to Malmesbury dated May 26,704. (Kemble, C.D. 50.) (S.J
- FRODOBERTUSabbat of the Monasterium Cellense, near Troyes. His life, written by 3 monk of his own monastery, or perhaps by Adso abb
- FRODOMUNDUS(Rormunpus), twelfth bishop of Coutances, succeeding Hughierius o1 Hilderic, and followed by Willebertus. He was
- FROILA(1), bishop of Mentesa. He signed the acts of the eighth council of Toledo, a.p. 653. (Florez, Hsp. Sagr. vii. 260; Agui
- FROILUBAthe queen of Fafila, Pelayo's son and successor in the kingdom of Asturias. She was buried with him in the church of San
- FROISCLUS(Fruisctus), an Arian, was made bishop of Tortosa in the room of his Catholic
- FROMISTANfirst abbat of the monastery of St. Vincent at Oviedo, and first discoverer of the site of Oviedo itself, according to a
- FRONIMIANUSbrother of Braulio of Saragossa, to whom that bishop sent his life of San Millan. [EM1ILranus (8).] [M. A. W.]
- FRONIMIUS(1), bishop of Besancon, related in an anonymous life to have completed the church of St. Stephen in that town, and esta
- FRONTASIUSJan. 2, martyr in Gaul with Severinus, Severianus, and Silanus, his companions. They were disciples of St. Fronto, reput
- FRONTINIANUS(1), bishop of Salona (Spalato) in Dalmatia, c. A.D. 300; supposed to have suffered martyrdom A.D. 303. (Farlati, Lily.
- FRONTINUS(1), reckoned the first bishop of Florence, ¢c. A.D. 56, and probably its first instructor in the Christian faith. (Ughe
- FRONTOThat the first bishop of Périgueux was St. Fronto all the authorities agree. But all else, age, country, and partic
- FRONTONIUSseventh bishop of Angouléme, succeeding Mererius and followed by Heraclius, Before his elevation he was sent by Abthoniu
- FROTGONEGan agent of Alcuin in Gaul, mentioned with Eanfrigidus. (Alcuin. Monum. ed. Jaffé, ep. 16, p. 171.) {C. H.]
- FRUCTUOSAAug. 23, martyr at Antioch
- FRUCTUOSUS(1))(1), martyr, bishop of Tarragona in the 3rd century. The Acta of his mar- tyrdom, and of that of his two deacons, Eulogi
- FRUELAa king of Asturias. [FROILA (3).]
- FRUGIFERUSsupposed to be the first known bishop of Trieste, c. 524, of somewhat doubtful authenticity. (Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'
- FRUIDBERT(Bed. v. 24, append.), bishop of Hexham. [FRITHOBERT.] {C. H.]
- FRUIDUUALD(Bed. v. 24, append.), bishop of Whithern. [FRITHWALD.] [C. H.]
- FRUISCLUSbishop of Mentesa.
- FRUMARIUSSuevian king of Spain from cir. 460 to cir. 463. He belongs to the period from 456 to 463, when the Suevi were strugglin
- FRUMENTIUS(1), founder of the Ethiopian church. He was consecrated as bishop of Auxume (modern Axum) by Athanasius before A.D. 368
- FRYGES(Cod. Theod. XVI. v. 40, 59, 65, v.] [PHRYGES. ] EP) Web,
- FUGATIUSa form of FaGan (Cressy, Ch. Hist. Brit. iv. cc. 5-7); also used by Baronius (Ann. Eccl. A.D. 183, i. 227). (J. G.J
- FUGITIVUSmetropolitan of Seville in Dee. 656, when the tenth council of Toledo was held. Florez identifies him with the abbat Fug
- FULARTACH(Fatertvs, Fevertus, FoLARATAIG, FULARTUS). (1) Son of Brec, com- memorated Mar. 29, Dec. 21. Colgan (Acta SS. 787) give
- FULCARIUS(Futcumr, FoLEericus), 32nd or 33rd bishop of Liége, succeeding Florbertus and followed by Agilfridus, is said by Aegidi
- FULCILIUSeighth bishop of Nevers, succeeding Agricola and followed by Rauracus, or according to Coquille's list, ninth, succeedin
- FULCOALDUS(1) (Eoatpus, Boatpus, Fraupus, Foatpus, Fapus), forty-third bishop of Lyons, succeeding Godwinus, and followed by Madal
- FULGENTIUS(1), legendary bishop of Atina in Campania, cir, A.D. 100. (Boll. Acta SS. Sept. 29; Ughelli, Ztal. Sacer. vi. 529.)
- FULIBURSthe name given to the third abbess of Bath. (Mon. Angl. i. 256.) (s.J
- FULLANUS(1) (Fountartvs), bishop of Lucea, perhaps c. 400. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom in Germany with St. U
- FULRADUS(1) (Fotrapus, FuLREDUs), 14th abbat of St. Denys at Paris, principal chaplain to Pippin and Charles the Great, and arch
- FUNDANIUS(Funpanvs), rhetorician of Carthage, shortly before the time of St. Augustine of Hippo. He accidentally became blind in
- FUNDANUS(1) MINUCIUS, proconsal of Asia in the reign of Hadrian. He received the imperial instructions applied for by his predec
- FURADHRAN(FurRITDRAN, FURODRIN, FURODHRAIN, FuRUDRAN), June 18, abbat of Lann-leire, son of Moenan or Maonan, of the race of Coll
- FURIAa Roman lady, a friend of St. Jerome, and known to us through his works, especially through a letter (Zp. 54, ed. Vall.)
- FURSEUS(1), abbat of Lagny and patron of Peronne, Jan. 16. Belonging to the next veneration after Columbanus, and following in
- FUSCAFeb. 13, virgin and martyr at Ravenna under the emperor Decius, A.D. 250. She suffered with her nurse Maura, and by comm
- FUSCIANUS(1), the praefectus urbi who condemned CALLISTUS to be scourged and sent to the mines of Sardinia (Hippol. Ref. Haer. ix
- FUSCINAthe sister of Alcimus Ecdicit Avitus, a nun, to whom her brother's poer "De consolatoria castitatis laude," is addressed
- FUSCINULLUSbishop of Elia, in Byzacer (Ant. Jtin. 55, 4), present at Carth. Conf. A. 411. (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 403, ed. Oberthiir.)
- FUSCIUSone of the Duumviri, assisting : the inquiry concerning Felix of Aptunga, A.1 314. (Mon. Vet. Don. p. 161, ed. Oberthiir
- FUSCOLUSSept. 6, a bishop and confess in Africa in the Vandal persecution. He w: tortured by command of Hunneric with for other
- FUSCUSabbat of the monastery of St. Yasmus, St. Maximus, and St. Juliana, at 'aples. Gregory the Great, A.D. 600, commends im
- FUTURUS(?) [Privatcs LAMBAESITANUS. } [E. W. B.]
- FYLACRIUS(Hrartivs), bishop of Novaria
- FYNTANUS[Fixtay.]