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ST FIACRE OF IRELAND, ANCHORET AND CONFESSOR - 30th AUGUST
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1. St Fiacre was nobly born in Ireland, and had his education under the care of a bishop of eminent sanctity. Looking upon all worldly advantages as dross to gain Christ, he left his country #StFiacre #Ireland
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1. St Fiacre was nobly born in Ireland, and had his education under the care of a bishop of eminent sanctity. Looking upon all worldly advantages as dross to gain Christ, he left his country #StFiacre #Ireland
2. and sailed over into France, in quest of some close solitude, in which he might devote himself to God, unknown to the rest of the world.
In the diocese of Meaux, St Faro, Bishop, gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest, where the holy anchoret made himself a cell and
In the diocese of Meaux, St Faro, Bishop, gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest, where the holy anchoret made himself a cell and
3. built a little oratory. The life he led was most austere, and only necessity or charity ever interrupted his exercises of prayer and heavenly contemplation.
He built, at some distance from his cell, a kind of hospital for the reception of strangers and pilgrims.
There he
He built, at some distance from his cell, a kind of hospital for the reception of strangers and pilgrims.
There he
