St. fiacre prayer card 8 x 10

St. Fiacre (Fiachra) is not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, but it is said that he was born in Ireland and that he sailed over into France in quest of closer solitude, in which he might devote himself to God, unknown to the world.

He arrived at Meaux, where Saint Faro, who was the bishop of that city, gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest which was his own patrimony, called Breuil, in the province of Brie. There is a legend that St. Faro offered him as much land as he could turn up in a day, and that St.

Fiacre, instead of driving his furrow with a plough, turned the top of the soil with the point of his staff.

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This laminated holy card from Gerffert features a beautiful Catholic image on the front with a distinctive gold foil stamping design around the edge.

Laminated paper · Gold foil stamping along edge · Artist is Michael Adams · Two-sided printing; image on front, prayer on back.

This laminated holy card features a beautiful Catholic image on the front with a distinctive gold foil stamping design around the edge.

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The anchorite cleared the ground of trees and briers, made himself a cell with a garden, built an oratory in honor of the Blessed Virgin, and made a hospice for travelers which developed into the village of Saint-Fiacre in Seine-et-Marne.

Many resorted to him for advice, and the poor, for relief. His charity moved him to attend cheerfully those that c