Gaudenz
Gaudenz is a male given name of Latin origin. The name is still common in Switzerland in the canton of Graubünden.
Origin and meaning
The name Gaudenz comes from the Latin present participle gaudens , - entis . The verb for this is gaudere , in German to be happy . Gaudenz therefore means the one who is happy, the happy.
variants
Gaudentius (lat.), Gaudenzio (Italian), Gaudentios (gr.), Gaudencio (Spanish), Gaudens (French)., Gadient, Godenzi, Gudainch, Gudench (council.)
Well-known namesake
First name
- Gaudenz
- Gaudenz von Matsch (? 1436–1504), Count in Graubünden
- Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834), Swiss poet
- Gaudenz Taverna (1814–1878), Swiss draftsman and portrait painter
- Ulrich Gaudenz Müller (1922–2005), Swiss computational linguist
- Gaudencio
- Gaudencio Rosales (* 1932), Archbishop of Manila
- Gaudenzio
- Gaudenzio Bonfigli (1831–1904), Italian archbishop and diplomat
- Gaudenzio Ferrari (1481–1547), Italian painter
- Antonio Luigi Gaudenzio Giuseppe Cremona (1830–1903), Italian mathematician
- Gaudenzio Marconi (1841–1885), Swiss photographer of Italian origin
- Paganino Gaudenzi (1595-1649), Cath. Theologian and universal scholar ( De Philosophiae apud Romanos initio et progressu )
- Gaudentios
- Gaudentios , Greek music theorist in the 2nd century, see Music Theory in Ancient Greece # Music Theorist
- Gaudentius
- Gaudentius von Gnesen (970–1006 / 1012/1022), first Archbishop of Gnesen
- Gaudentius Andreas Dunkler (1746–1829), Austrian Catholic theologian
family name
- Gaudenz
- Simon Gaudenz (* 1974), Swiss conductor
- Gaudens
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), American sculptor
Fictional character
- Gaudenzio, minor character (tenor) in the opera La Bohème by the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo
geography
- Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens , Arrondissement in France (Pyrenees)
- Canton of Saint-Gaudens , in the Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens
- Saint-Gaudens , in the Saint-Gaudens arrondissement
Buildings
- San Gaudenzio Monastery , Tuscany
- San Gaudenzio , Italy's tallest church in Novara , see Alessandro Antonelli (architect) and list of tallest sacred buildings
Others
- Torta San Gaudenzio , trade name of mascarpone / Gorgonzola - Torte
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