Germanus
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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").
famous people named Germanus (Latin) or Germanos (Greek form) include:
- Bishop Germain of Auxerre (died 448)
- Germanus Justinus (died 551)
- Bishop Germain of Paris (died 576)
- Saint Germanus I, 39th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 730)
- Germanus II, 95th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1240)
- Germanus III, 101st Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1267)
- Germanus IV, 213th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1853)
- Germanus V, 225th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1918)
- Germanos of Patras - 19th Century Metropolitan of Patras and participant in the Greek War of Independence
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