Fergustus Pictus

Fergustus Pictus

Fergustus Pictus or Fergus the Pict was a Scoto-Pictish bishop who is recorded as attending a council organized by Pope Gregory II in 721. He is recorded as "Fergustus episcopus Scotiae Pictus", or "Fergus the Pict, Bishop of the Gaels". [William Forbes Skene (ed.), "Celtic Scotland", (Edinburgh, 1887), vol. ii., p. 232, n. 145.] He is often identified with the Scottish Saint Fergus, and with the Fregus of the "Vita Sancti Kentigerni", but the only evidence for this is the name, a name which, either as Fergus or Urgust, just happened to be one of the most popular names in the Scotland and Ireland of the Dark Ages.

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References

* Boyle, Alexander, "Notes on Scottish Saints," in "The Innes Review", Spring 1981, p. 78
* Skene, William F. (ed.), "Celtic Scotland", (Edinburgh, 1887)


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