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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Patience f. Latin patientia 'endurance of pain, tolerance, forebearing'.

This virtue name arose in England in the 16th C, and was not used elsewhere.

England
Early Modern English
● 1595 Patience DEmar-vol2 p. 33
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Patience". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Patience.