UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

Form 13F

Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002

Check here if Amendment [  ] ;  Amendment Number:
 This Amendment (Check only one.): [   ] is a restatement.
                                   [   ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:           Fiduciary Trust Company International
Address:        600 Fifth Avenue
                      New York, NY 10020-2302

Form 13F File Number:   28-2157

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:           John M. Lusk
Title:             Senior Vice President, CFO & CAO

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/S/ John M. Lusk



By: John M. Lusk
New York, New York
February 7, 2003

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.) [X] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings
reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting
manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion
are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

Form 13F File Number             Name

28-734                                       Franklin Resources, Inc.