Fulco of Ireland (fl. 8th/9th century) was an Irish soldier.

Biography

Fulco was an Irish soldier who came to France with four thousand Irishmen to serve Emperor 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 Pavia as Saint Fulco.

See also

Andrew the Scot Catald Deicolus Niall Ó Glacáin Sholto Douglas

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