Pankratius (first name)

Pankratius , short form Pankraz , is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from ancient Greek: pan = everything and kratos = power, strength, power, rule . The name could therefore be translated as "the ruler of all, the almighty" .

variants

• Pankrates (ancient Greek)
• Pancratius (Latin)
• Pankraz (short form)
• Graz (short form)
• Pangrazio (Italian, Spanish)
• Pancras (English)
• Pankrác (Czech)
• Pankrac (Slovenian)
• Панкратий (Pankratij, Russian)

name day

• May 12th (St. Pancras )
• April 3rd ( Pancratius of Taormina ), also July 8th / July 9th

Name bearer

Pancratius / Pancratius

• Pancratius Caprez (* around 1625; † 1704), Swiss Reformed pastor
• Pankratius von Dinkel (1811–1894), from 1858 to 1894 Bishop of Augsburg
• Pankratius Grueber (* before 1499, † after 1520), German sculptor and painter (barrel painter)
• Pankratius Klemme (* around 1475, † 1546), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and reformer
• Pankratius Pfeiffer (1872–1945 in Rome), German Salvatorian priest, escape helper

Pancraz / Pankraz

• Pankraz Blank (1882–1961), Hessian politician (center)
• Pankraz Freitag (1952–2013), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg (* 1944), German art historian and cultural manager
• Pankraz von Freyberg zu Hohenaschau (1508–1565), Bavarian entrepreneur and politician
• Pankraz Fried (1931–2013), German historian
• Pancraz Körle (1823–1875), German portrait and genre painter and lithographer
• Pancraz Krüger (1546–1614), German humanist and educator
• Pankraz Labenwolf (1492–1563), German ore caster
• Pankraz Schuk (1877–1951), Austrian post clerk and writer
• Pankraz von Sinzenhofen (* in the 15th or 16th century; † 1548), from 1538 to 1548 Bishop of Regensburg
• Pankraz Vorster (1753–1829), from 1796 to 1805 the last prince abbot of St. Gallen