Craibthech (Religiosus, Annals of Ulster, A. D. 626 U627.3 in CELT edition, G100001A) is a standing epithet for Fursa. The gen. sg. occurs in the Félire Oengusso, Jan. 16, where Cráibdig i féil Fursai is (for sake of rhyme) put for i féil Fursai Cráibdig on the feast of Fursa the Pious. For a tale of his compassionate tenderness, see Lismore Lives, p. x, and the Book of Leinster, pp. 285286. For a legend of a Fursu driving a fiery dragon into a lake, see LL. 169a47 = Dindsenchas, no. 47. Revue Celtique, 15, 441.
| From The Life of Fursa (Author: [unknown]), p.389 column 2 (section 1.) | Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition Close footnote |