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Gender Masculine
Scripts Φωστήριος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPhosterius (latinized form), Fostirios (modern Greek transcription)
Meaning & History
Derived from φωστῆρος (phosteros), which is the genitive singular of the Greek noun φωστήρ (phoster) meaning "that which gives light" as well as "splendour, radiance".This was the name of a Byzantine hermit saint from the 6th or 7th century AD.