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Candidus

Meaning

Masculine form of CANDIDA. This name was borne by a few early saints and martyrs.

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Famous People Named Candidus

Saint Candidus (Ayne Bru)

Saint Candidus is a painting by Ayne Bru conserved at the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

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Saint Candidus

Saint Candidus (d.

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Candidus of Fulda

Candidus (Bruun) of Fulda was a Benedictine scholar of the ninth-century Carolingian Renaissance, a student of Einhard, and author of the vita of his abbot at Fulda, Eigil.

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Candidus (fl. 793–802)

Candidus was the name given to the Anglo-Saxon Wizo or Witto by Alcuin, whose scholar he was and with whom he went in 782 to Gaul.

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Candidus in Other Languages

FrenchCandide
PortugueseCândida
SpanishCándida
EnglishCandida
Late RomanCandida

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