Maurus

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Maurus is a Latin given name. It can refer to:

Persons

Saints
  • Saint Maurus of Parentium
    (3rd century), the first bishop of Parentium and the patron saint of Poreč
  • Saint Maurus (c. 500 - c. 584), the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia
  • Blessed Maurus Magnentius Rabanus
    (Hrabanus) (c. 776 (784?) - 856)
  • Saint Maurus of Pécs
    , the second bishop of Pécs, and abbey of Pannonhalma (c. 1000-c. 1075)
Others
  • Servius the Grammarian, commentator on Vergil sometimes called Maurus Servius in medieval manuscripts
  • Maurus of Salerno [de] (c.1130 - 1214), medical writer and teacher
  • Mister Maurus
    , an archetypical school teacher developed by Anton Hansen Tammsaare
  • Sylvester Maurus (1619-1687), Italian Jesuit theologian
  • Kuber (Maurus the Kuber), brother to Tervel's father Asparukh and son of Kubrat Kaghan of Patria Onoguria
  • Maurus, religious name of secret agent monk Alexander Horn

Other uses

  • The inhabitants of Mauretania, ancient kingdom and late Roman province
  • Maurus
    , a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies

See also