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
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