Antoninus (first name)

Antoninus is a Latin male given name .

Origin and meaning

Antoninus is a derivative of Antonius , the gentile name (family name) of the Antonians . It appeared in Roman as a cognom or agnom (epithet), namely with the adoptive emperors of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty since Antoninus Pius (born Titus Aurelius Fulvus, 86–161), and also with the dynasty of Severus (193–235) to Elagabal (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Younger, 204–222), and then became his first name.

variants

• Antonin

• Italian : Antonino
• Czech : Antonín

First name

• Antoninus (saint) († 186), martyr and saint
• Antoninus Liberalis (2nd century), Greek writer and mythographer
• Antoninus of Piacenza (around 300), city saint of Piacenza
• Antoninus of Canopus (4th century), Neoplatonic philosopher
• Pseudo-Antoninus of Piacenza, anonymous author of a report on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 570, falsely identified with Saint Antoninus of Piacenza, see Pilgrims of Piacenza
• Antoninus of Sorrento († around 830), also Antoninus the abbot, holy Benedictine abbot
• Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459), Dominican theologian, prior of San Marco, Archbishop of Florence
• Antoninus of Pamiers , saint of the Catholic Church