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According to its late medieval founding legend...

the trunk [stam] of a fig tree [ficus] carrying the Precious Blood of Christ collected by Joseph of Arimathea was washed ashore [spoelde aan] on the riverbank at Fécamp [Normandy] in the 1st century. 

Immediately, a fountain of holy blood gushed from the site. 

The relic attracted many medieval pilgrims...

enhancing the reputation of the city.

tabernakel voor relieken H.Bloed

The monks' legend justified the artificial etymology... 

of the name to Fici-campus, the camp of the fig tree. 

Fécamp, however, is mentioned in 875 as Fiscannum... 

and in 990 as Fiscannus... 

which stem from the Germanic root fisc (English ´fish´) 

with an unknown suffix. 

It used to be the name of the Valmont River.

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