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Name Fursey
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Irish, History
Other Forms FormsFursy, Furseus, Furcy, Fursa, Forseus
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Meaning & History
Possibly derived from Latin #virtus# "virtue" via Old Irish #firt#. Saint Fursey was an early medieval Irish monk and visionary whose "celebrated visions had considerable influence on dream literature of the later Middle Ages", including Dante's 'Divine Comedy'.