Fidelia: Faith in The Faerie Queene

Fidelia is a daughter of Caelia in the first book of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

Her name is close to the Latin for “faith”, and she is the first to meet with the Redcrosse knight to help him heal.

Together with her sisters, representing hope and charity, they are able to heal him and make him holy.

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Arthurian Bibliography

• Norris Lacy, Geoffrey Ashe, Debra Mancoff – The Arthurian Handbook (Second Edition)
• Alan Lupack – The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend
• Ronan Coghlan – The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends
• Anonymous – Lancelot-Grail, the French Vulgate
• Sir Thomas Malory – Le Morte d’Arthur