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To return to his labours in Ireland. He suffered at one time 

 from an abscess in his leg (laboravit fistula in coxa), which made 

 it difficult for him to walk. S. Patrick hearing of this sent him 

 a chariot and horses to alleviate his sufferings ; but this excited 

 j ealousy in Secundinus, his comrade. Whereupon Patrick told this 

 latter to keep the chariot for himself, and Secundinus did actually 

 retain it for three days, and was then heartily ashamed of himself, 

 and returned it to Fiacc. Nothing is recorded of his death in 

 Ireland, but late authorities assume that he was buried in Sletty; 

 so that it is quite conceivable he may have retired in favoui' of 

 his son Fiacra, and gone to Cornwall and finished his days in 

 Brittany. In the Irish Calendars his feast is on October 12th; 

 and his death may be put at any time between 510 and 520. 



But under the name of Vouk or Vogoue he has a church and 

 well in S. Yogou's townland, Wexford, and his feast is there 

 observed on January 20. 



S. Feock's feast in Cornwall is on the nearest Thursday to 

 February 2, before or after. 



In Brittany he is commemorated on June 1 5th. In Cornwall 

 not only is S. Feock dedicated to him, but there is also a Saviock 

 in S. Kea's parish, where it adjoins S. Feock. {See also S. Yeep). 

 Sheviock very probably was also dedicated to this saint, though 

 now under the invocation of SS. Peter and Paul. 



Probably in art he should be represented, either with a harp, 

 as he had been trained to be a bard by his uncle, before his ordi- 

 nation ; or else with a chariot and horses at his side. 



S. FiLius, Confessor. 

 Filius and Uvelus were brothers, and sons of Keneth, and 

 grandsons of Grildas. Their presence in Cornwall is explicable 

 enough, as they were akin to the royal family through Caw son of 

 Geraint. Unfortunately, no details of his life have been preserved. 

 . Philleigh church is under his patronage, so also probably 

 Lamphil, or Llan-Fil, on the further side of the Camel to the old 

 chapel of S. James in the parish of S. Breward. The name Fili 

 signifies a poet, and it is possible that the saint may have been 

 trained as a bard. 



