Saint Folcwin ( la, Folquinus, Folcwinus, Folcvinus;

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: ''*Folkwin''; French : Folquin, date of birth unknown, died 855 AD in

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) was a

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abbot, cleric and

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(appointed 816). He was a contemporary of

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. He is venerated in the

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and

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on 14 December. The first part of the

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of St Bertin's is credited to St Folquin.PARS PRIMA FOLQUINI LIB. I. ad annum 723 Chartularium Sithiense (Saint Bertin cartulary), édit. Guérard, p. 49 on gallica.bnf.fr
(French + Latin) A review of his life was written during the next century by his grand nephew

Folcuin Folcuin ( 935 – 16 September 990) was a monk at the abbey of Saint-Bertin, where he was a deacon and archivist, and later abbot of Lobbes. He wrote histories of the abbots of both his monasteries. The ''Gesta abbatum Sithiensium'' (Deeds of ...

, abbot of Lobbes, on request of Walter, abbot of Saint-Bertin.

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