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.

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