'Germanus' is the
Latin term referring to the '
Germanic peoples'. A probably related meaning for the word in Latin is "
blood relation", cognate to ''germen'' "
seed" (whence Spanish ''hermano'' "
brother").
;People named 'Germanus' (Latin) or 'Germanos' (
Greek) include:
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Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126
★ Germanus (Cermanus), Spanish martyr-saint (see
Servandus and Cermanus)
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Germanus of Auxerre (378-448), bishop of Auxerre who founded the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre named for the same saint
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Germanus of Paris (496-576), also Saint Germain of Paris
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Germanus Justinus (died 551), general of the Byzantine Empire
★
Germanus of Granfelden (612-675), Saint
★
Nicolaus Germanus, 15th century cartographer
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Henricus Martellus Germanus, 15th century cartographer
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Moses Germanus (died 1701) or Johann Peter Spaeth, a German convert to Judaism
;Greek clerics
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Saint Germanus I (died ~733), 39th Patriarch of
Constantinople
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Germanus II (died 1240), 95th Patriarch of Constantinople
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Germanus III (died 1267), 101st Patriarch of Constantinople
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Germanus IV (died 1853), 213th Patriarch of Constantinople
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Germanus V (died 1918), 225th Patriarch of Constantinople
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Germanos of Patras (1771-1826), metropolitan bishop of Patras and participant in the Greek War of Independence
;Institutions
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Sanctus Germanus, a Titular See in the Roman Catholic Church
;Companies
★
Germanos Group and its subsidiary
Germanos Chain of Stores.
See also
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Germanicus
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Germania
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Germain
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Germaine