Remigius
Remigius is a male given name and a possible original form of the name Remy and the orthographic variants.
Origin and meaning
Remigius is of Latin origin and means "rower".
variants
- Rémy , Rémi (French)
- Remigio (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Remigijus (Lithuanian)
- Remigiusz (Polish)
- Remigiy (Russian)
name day
January 13th (Catholic) and October 1st (Anglican and Orthodox) (Remigius of Reims).
Name bearer
First name
middle Ages
- Remigius von Auxerre (* around 841, † around 908), Benedictine monk
- Remigius of Reims (* around 436, † 533), Frankish bishop and saint
- Remigius von Rouen († 771), son of Karl Martell
- Remigius of Strasbourg († 783/782), Bishop of Strasbourg
Modern times
- Remigius Bäumer (1918–1998), German theologian
- Remigius Bunia (* 1977), German comparator
- Remigius Chmurzynski (1917–2006), German theologian
- Remigius Faesch (master builder) (around 1460–1533 / 1534), Swiss master builder
- Remigius Faesch (lawyer) (1595–1667), Swiss legal scholar and art collector
- Remigius Geyling (1878–1974), Austrian painter and set designer
- Remigius Adrianus Haanen (1812–1894), Dutch painter and etcher
- Remigius Kaufmann (1925–2011), Swiss politician
- Remigius Machura (* 1960), Czech shot putter
- Remigius Mans ( Giant Romäus ; † 1513), German Landsknecht
- Remigius Netzer (1916–1985), German painter, translator and graphic artist
- Remigius Peterelli (1815–1892), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Remigius Winckel (1604–1654), Benedictine abbot
First name "Remig"
- Remig Stumpf (1966; † 2019), German racing cyclist
family name
- Nicolaus Remigius (1530–1612), German witch hunter, see Nicolas Rémy
- Peter Remigius (* 1939), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Kottar
See also
- Remigius Church
- Remigiusberg in the district of Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Remeco , male first name