Saint Fursey and the monk; from a 14th-century manuscript
Born
c. 597
Died
650
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Feast
16 January
Attributes
depicted with two oxen at his feet; beholding a vision of angels; gazing at the flames of purgatory and hell.
Saint Fursey (also known as Fursa, Fursy, Forseus, and Furseus: died 650) was an Irish monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia. He reportedly experienced angelic visions of the afterlife. Fursey is one of the Four Comely Saints.
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parents who were Christians. He and his brother Adulph were educated by SaintFursey at Cnobheresburg monastery. They were then sent to study on the Continent...
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of Headford. A monastery was established here in the 7th century by SaintFursey (Fursa). The church on the current site dates from the 12th or 13th century...
place. Chu Suiliang, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 658) Fursey, Irish missionary saint (approximate date) June 9 – Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary...
and allied with SaintFursey. He laboured for the good of souls in the neighbourhood of Paris where he governed the monastery of Saint Maurdes-Fosses....
of the saints of Ireland, which attempts to give an overview of saints from Ireland or venerated in Ireland. The vast majority of these saints lived during...
administrating in Claran. Killursa, a ruined medieval church dedicated to SaintFursey, lies 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west of Headford, in the Ower townland...
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