 At the end of the year Fursa, seeing that East Anglia and the monastery were threatened by hostile invasions, decided to take his leave of East Anglia, and went into Gaul leaving Foillan now fully in charge of the monastery.The "Catholic Encyclopedia" states that Fursa made a return visit to the brethren in East Anglia c. 650.This is derived from the "Virtutes Fursei", which states that Fursa decided that he would return to visit his brothers, and set out to do so, but then adds that he died on the journey at his estate at "Macerias" (Mézerolles in Ponthieu), so in fact did not reach them.