Saint Germanus

Saint Germanus may refer to:

  • Germanus (Cermanus), Spanish martyr-saint (see Servandus and Cermanus)
  • Germanus of Auxerre (378-448), bishop of Auxerre who founded the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre named for the same saint
  • Germanus of Paris (496-576), also Saint Germain of Paris
  • Germanus of Granfelden (612-675), Saint
  • Germanus I of Constantinople (died ~733), 39th Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Germanus of Normandy (May 2), see Normandy
Institutions
  • Sanctus Germanus, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church

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