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The name '''Cyrillus''' or '''Cyril''' or '''Cyryl''' is derived from [[Greek language|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 Greeks|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.
==See also==
*[[Cyrillus (crater)|Cyrillus (lunar crater)]]
*[[Kyril]]
*[[Kyrill]]
*[[S.M. Cyril]] (Educational Innovator - [[India]])
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