# Saint Fulk

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This article is about the English pilgrim. For the Italian saint, see [Fulk of Pavia](/source/Fulk_of_Pavia). For the abbot, see [Fulk of Fontenelle](/source/Fulk_of_Fontenelle).

**Saint Fulk** was an [English](/source/English_people) [pilgrim](/source/Pilgrim) who was [beatified](/source/Beatified) for his selfless assistance of [plague](/source/Bubonic_plague) victims even when this was a risk to himself. He was travelling to [Rome](/source/Rome,_Italy) sometime in the 12th century, when he stopped at [Santopadre](/source/Santopadre), or [Castrofuli](/source/Castrofuli), in southern Italy, to help plague victims. He died of the plague, and was beatified and adopted as the [patron saint](/source/Patron_saint) of Castrofuli. His cult was approved in 1572, and his [feast day](/source/Feast_day) is May 22.[1]

## References

1. Watkins, Basil (2015). *The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary*. 9780567664150: Bloomsbury Publishing.

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