Fulco of Ireland

Fulco of Ireland, Irish soldier, fl. 8th/9th century.

Biography

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 Tuscany as Saint Fulco.

See also

• Andrew the Scot
• Catald
• Deicolus
• Niall Ó Glacáin

References

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