The name of a 3rd C Croatian martyr, a 4th-5th C British moralist whose views were condemned as heretical in the early 5th C, two 6th C popes, an 8th C king of Asturias, and a 10th C Spanish saint.
The name was most common in the Iberian peninsula.
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1582 Palagia (nom) Audén1980 p. 172
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1216 Pelagius (nom) hennes-vol1 25
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 581 Pelagius (nom) CartYonne1 II;
584 Pelagius (nom) ibid. III;
1224 Pelagius (nom) UrkRott-1 17
- Portugal
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- Latin
- ● 1121 Pelagius (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 2;
1152 Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 3;
1189 Pelagii (gen) ibid. no. 9,
Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 9;
1190 Pelagij (gen) ibid. no. 8,
Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 8;
1209 Pelagij (gen) ibid. no. 10;
1211 Pelagij (gen) ibid. no. 6,
Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 6;
1214 Pelagii (gen) ibid. no. 20,
Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 20;
1217 Pelagus (nom) ibid. no. 21;
1256 Pelagij (gen) ibid. no. 17,
Pelagio (abl) ibid. no. 17,
Pelagius (nom) ibid. no. 17;
1269 Pelagii (gen) ibid. no. 11
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1145 Pelagio (nom) AnnOPraem-2 col. ccccxxvi;
1276 Pelagii (gen) CDGH XLVI
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Pelagius". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Pelagius.