Fictional Portrayals of Germanus
- Germanus figures in the 2004 movie King Arthur, although his second and final mission to Britain took place twenty years before the year the movie is set in. He is portrayed by Italian actor Ivano Marescotti.
- His visit to Britain is the subject of a Welsh radio play by Saunders Lewis entitled Buchedd Garmon.
- Germanus appears many times in the Jack Whyte series "A Dream of Eagles'" and "The Golden Eagle" .
In addition, Hilaire Belloc referred to Germanus in his humorous poem, The Pelagian Drinking Song:
- And with his stout Episcopal staff
- So thoroughly whacked and banged
- The heretics all, both short and tall --
- They rather had been hanged.
- In Valerio Massimo Manfredi's novel The Last Legion, Germanus dies in Britain after his arrival on the island when trying to lead the Romans and Britons against the barbarian Picts. Before he died, the Bishop recited his last words as a prophecy and founded the last legion of Britain, entrusting them with their standard; a silver dragon with a purple tail.
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