Candidus

Candidus is the Latin form of the name Candid.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

• Candidus (Holy ) ( † ~ 302? ), According to legend, an officer of the Theban Legion under the St. Mauritius
• Candidus ( historian ), a late antique historian
• Brun Candidus of Fulda ( about 770-780 *, † 845), priest monk, writer, painter

Second Name

• Rainer Candidus Barzel (1924-2006), German politician

Family name

• Carl August Candidus (1817-1871)
• Daniel Candidus (1568-1637), pseudonym of the Lutheran theologian and chronicler Daniel Cramer
• Candidus Friedrich (1904-1986), German poet and schoolmaster home
• Pantaleon Candidus (1540-1608; actually: Pantaleon Weiss ), Austrian Reformed theologian
• William Candidus (1840-1910), German - American tenor

Cognomen

• Tiberius Claudius Candidus, Roman knight and senator
• Nicholas Blanckart / Blanckaert, (Alexander Candidus ) O. Carm († 1555)