Flacinus, Flacino, or Flagino was the

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between 909 and 912, possibly from as early as 907 until as late as 914. His predecessor was

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and he first appears in a document of the latter's episcopate, on 20 January 905, signing as both a

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and a ''

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'' ("''Flacinus presbyter, Primicerius testis''"). The earliest evidence of his episcopate is a pair of charters for

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(dated 28 April and 28 May 909) in which he signs as ''Placinius'' without reference to his see. In 912 when García I made a donation to

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Flacinus signed as a witness, but again without reference to his see. On 24 October 912 Flacinus—this time clearly identified by his diocese—received a generous gift from Alfonso IV: villages, estates, ornaments of gold, silver and marble, and books. This charter has been dated incorrectly to 914. A document of 27 May 912 in the ''

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'' that cites Flacinus is a twelfth-century forgery of the bishop

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, not as it claims of a certain bishop Hermenegild. Flacinus's successor, Oveco, was in power by 914.

References

*Palomeque Torres, Antonio. 1948. "Episcopologio de la Sede de Oviedo durante el siglo X," ''Hispania sacra'', 1(2):269–298, see pp. 275–76. {{authority control 910s deaths Bishops of Oviedo Year of birth unknown