Candidus
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In Latin
, candidus/candida means "clear and white". Candidus became a common Roman cognomen
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Candidus may also refer to:
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, candidus/candida means "clear and white". Candidus became a common Roman cognomen
Cognomen
The cognomen nōmen "name") was the third name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary. Hereditary cognomina were used to augment the second name in order to identify a particular branch within...
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Candidus may also refer to:
Pen names
- Pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Alexander Campbell, Restoration Movement Leader - Pen-name of Loyalist Lt. Col. James Chalmers a Revolutionary era pamphleteer
- Pen-name of patriot Samuel AdamsSamuel AdamsSamuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...
during the era of the Sons of Liberty
Other uses
- Saint CandidusSaint CandidusSaint Candidus was, according to legend, a commander of the Theban Legion. The Golden Legend states: "And the noble man, Maurice, was duke of this holy legion; and they that governed under him, which bare the banners, were named Saint Candidus, Saint Innocent, Saint Exsuperius, Saint Victor, and...
, martyr - Candidus Isaurus, a Greek speaking historian of the 5th century from Isauria Tracheia (see Patrologia GraecaPatrologia GraecaThe Patrologia Graeca is an edited collection of writings by the Christian Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the ancient Koine or medieval variants of the Greek language. It consists of 161 volumes produced in 1857–1866 by J. P. Migne's Imprimerie Catholique...
PG 85) - Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (Alfred Candidus Ferdinand)
- A disciple of Clement of IrelandClement of IrelandSaint Clement of Ireland is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. A Scot born in Ireland, he founded a school for boys under the patronage of Charlemagne and figures in the Carolingian Renaissance of learning....
- Candidus of FuldaCandidus of FuldaCandidus Bruun of Fulda was a Benedictine scholar of the ninth-century Carolingian Renaissance of letters.-Biography:He received his first instruction from the learned Eigil, Abbot of Fulda, 818-822...
, a ninth-century scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance - Candidus (floruit 793–802), another ninth-century scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance
- Hugh CandidusHugh CandidusHugh Candidus was a monk of the Benedictine monastery at Peterborough, who wrote a Medieval Latin account of its history, from its foundation as Medeshamstede in the mid 7th century up to the mid 12th century.-Life:...
(c.1095–c.1160) Benedictine monk and chronicler