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Ignatius

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Gender
  
male

Word/name
  
Roman family name Egnatius

Related names
  
Ignace, Ignacio, Ignazio, Ignatios, Ignasi

Ignatius is a male given name of presumed Latin or Etruscan origin, believed to mean "fiery one" (compare the word "ignite").

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Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
  • Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
  • Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
  • Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
  • Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
  • Ignatius Jones (born 1957), Australian singer and producer
  • Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
  • Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
  • Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
  • Ignatius Scoles (1834- 1896), British architect, priest and writer
  • Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
  • Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor
  • Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician

    • Surname

  • Adi Ignatius (born 1959), American journalist
  • David Ignatius (born 1950), American journalist and writer
  • Hannes Ignatius (1871–1941), Finnish general
  • Karl Ferdinand Ignatius (1837–1909), Finnish politician
  • Paul Robert Ignatius (born 1920), American administrator

    • In religion

  • Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), early Christian bishop
  • Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer
  • Ignatius, Primate of Bulgaria in 1272–1277
  • Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer
  • Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
  • Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
  • Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch
  • Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch
  • Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
  • Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius III David, 13th-century Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch
  • Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1742–1812), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch (1921–2012), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius V Qattan (1756–1833), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • first name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century

    • Fiction

  • Ignatius J. Reilly, fictional character in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  • Ignatius Gallaher, fictional character in A Little Cloud by James Joyce

    • References

    Ignatius Wikipedia
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