Saint Faro

Saint

Faro
Bishop of Meaux
BornDuchy of Burgundy
Died675
Honoured inCatholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrineMeaux Cathedral

Faro (or Burgundofaro; died c. 675 AD), Count of Guînes, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him.[1]

He is canonized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

  1. ^ Régine Le Jan "Convents, violence and competition for power in Francia" in Frans Theuws, Mayke de Jong, Carine van Rhijn, eds. Topographies of power in the early Middle Ages 2001.