10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «FIACRE»
Discover the use of
fiacre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fiacre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
Allusions in Ulysses: An Annotated List
42.8/43.6 Fiacre St. Fiacre was an Irish saint of the seventh century. He built a
monastery in France and died in that country. Joyce mentioned Fiacre in his "
Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages" (CW, p. 158). Fiacre also means hackney or
cab.
2
Saintly Support: A Prayer For Every Problem
St. Fiacre. Feast Day: August 50 Fiacre was raised in a monastery in seventh-
century Ireland, where he learned how to use healing herbs. He became well
known for his intelligence and his deep faith, and people congregated around
him.
3
The Pink and the Black: Homosexuals in France Since 1968
Le Fiacre, in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, was the most mythic one. This bar and
restaurant was opened in the early 1950s by Louis, called Loulou, a mustachioed
Basque with the look of a grande dame and a studied effeminacy, who greeted ...
4
Patron Saints Handbook, The
F. 23. Cab. Drivers. St. Fiacre. September. 1. iacre was probably born in Ireland
around theyear 670. As a young man, he sailed to France in searchofgreater
solitude so that he could devote himself more completelytoGod. He went to
Meaux in ...
5
The Encyclopedia of Saints
Feast: January 30 Fiacre (d. 670) Irish miracle-worker and healer who
established a cult in France Also known as: Fiachra, Fiaker, Fiacrius, Fevre
Fiacre is not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars. He was born in Ireland and
became a ...
6
Catholic Traditions in the Garden
In spite of the abundance of statues of St. Francis seen in American gardens, the
patron of gardeners is St. Fiacre (or Fiachra), a seventh-century hermit-priest and
a hotheaded Irishman. Once when Fiacre went to see a French bishop, his ...
Fiacre was a 7th century Irish hermit who started off hating people. His motto was,
"I want to be alone." He felt Ireland was getting too crowded, so he left to find
greater solitude in France. St. Faro, who was the local bishop, gave him land for a
...
Tom-Nicholas Costa, Brother Tom-Nicholas,
1998
In the seventh century a Celtic monk, Fiacre, settled near Meaux in northern
France (Frontispiece) .5 Given as much land as he could turn with his spade in a
day, St. Fiacre not only dug a garden and marked out space for his modest
hermitage ...
Elisabeth B. MacDougall,
1986
9
The Mastery series. French
XII. au cocher de ce fiacre . . . to-the driver of this cab . . , 1. Combien faut-il que je
donne au cocher de mon frère ? 2. Voulez-vous que je le donne au cocher de ce
fiacre ? 3. Ne faut-il pas que je donne au cocher du fiacre ? 4. Il ne faut pas ...
10
China Bayles' Book of Days
Yesterday was the Feast Day of St. Fiacre, the patron saint of gardeners, florists,
and herbalists. If your garden is doing particularly well this year, you can thank St.
Fiacre, the patron saint of gardens. If it isn't — well, perhaps you could ask this ...
Susan Wittig Albert,
2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIACRE»
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fiacre is used in the context of the following news items.
Celtic teenager Fiacre Kelleher praises brilliant teammates and …
Young Celtic defender Fiacre Kelleher has been speaking to the club's official website ahead of the under-19 clash with Helsinki this week. The young Hoops ... «HITC, Oct 15»
Commune nouvelle. La fusion Château-Thébaud/Saint-Fiacre …
Lors de conseils municipaux à huis clos le 12 octobre, Château-Thébaud et Saint-Fiacre ont décidé de ne pas donner suite au projet de fusion de leur commune ... «Ouest-France, Oct 15»
Un Fiacre dans la course
Lauréat d'un quinté cet été à Enghien, UN FIACRE (2e) fera partie des chances régulières de ce quinté, et il ne serait pas surprenant de le voir sur la plus haute ... «Le Parisien, Oct 15»
Château-Gontier. Le projet définitif du parc Saint-Fiacre dévoilé
Les architectes du parc Saint-Fiacre ont présenté lundi soir, aux élus de la Ville, une ébauche du projet définitif. Les travaux pourraient commencer au printemps ... «Ouest-France, Sep 15»
Saint-Quentin : les jardiniers honorent saint Fiacre
La Saint-Fiacre reste dans la plus pure tradition, celle-ci est bien ancrée à Saint-Quentin. Il est vrai que l'Association des jardins ouvriers et familiaux de la ville, ... «L'Aisne Nouvelle, Sep 15»
Côte-d'Or - Tradition Dijon : le Centre hospitalier la Chartreuse fête …
La fête de la Saint-Fiacre, le patron des jardiniers, a réuni une cinquantaine de participants et spectateurs ce samedi place Wilson une cinquantaine de ... «Bien Public, Sep 15»
Liège: le Fiacre transformé en hub créatif
Investissement de 12 millions d'euros pour parachever l'écosystème créatif défendu par le ministre Marcourt. Objectif : stimuler les entrepreneurs innovants. «Le Soir, Sep 15»
Le projet de rénovation du "Fiacre", à Liège, commence à se …
Le groupe Meusinvest vient de boucler le montage financier pour transformer l'immeuble dit du Fiacre, à l'arrière de l'ancien Grand Bazar, entre Saint-Denis et ... «RTBF, Aug 15»
Le Havre : succès de la 18e Saint-Fiacre
La fête de la Saint-Fiacre, qui rend hommage aux jardiniers, a été un ... Les organisateurs de la 18e édition de la Saint-Fiacre arboraient un large sourire ce ... «Paris Normandie, Aug 15»
Aujourd'hui, c'est la saint Fiacre, la fête des jardiniers !
Fiacre, moine irlandais du Moyen Âge, avait installé son monastère près de Meaux, dans la Brie. Il avait une réputation de moine guérisseur. «France Info, Aug 15»