Cyril

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The name Cyrillus or Cyril or Cyryl is derived from Greek Κύριλλος (Kyrillos - lordly, masterful), related to kyrios - lord, master. It is the name of several historic figures:

Saint Cyril of Alexandria, 4th century Coptic Pope & theologian
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century Patriarch & theologian
Cyrillus, 5th century Greek jurist
Saint Cyril, 9th century Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, theologian, linguist and apostle to the Slavs, believed to have co-invented the Glagolitic alphabet, the first Slavic alphabet, and translated the Bible into a Slavic language referred to as Old Church Slavonic.
Cyril of Turaw, 12th century Belarusian Orthodox Christian bishop and theologian
Sir Cyril Burt, 20th century psychologist
Elder Cyril Pavlov (b. 1919) Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker
Another name of Nikita the Furrier
Cyril Smith, British Liberal politician
Cyril Takayama, a Japanese American illusionist
Cyril Sneer, the fictional villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series The Racoons.
St. Cyril's Monastery, a monastery in Kiev, Ukraine.

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