Desiderius (given name)
Desiderius is a Latin given name, related to desiderium - which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for". Various other forms include Desiderio in Italian, Desiderio or Desi in Spanish, Desidério in Portuguese, Didier in French and Dezső in Hungarian.
Desiderius may refer to:
- Desiderius, the last king of the Lombard Kingdom of northern Italy
- Desiderius, Abbot of Monte Cassino, successor of Pope Gregory VII
- Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian
- Desiderius Hampel, Waffen-SS general
- Desiderius of Aquitaine, Gallo-Roman dux in the Kingdom of the Franks
- Desiderius Wein, Hungarian doctor and gymnast
Saints
- Desiderius,
- Desiderius of Auxerre,, bishop of Auxerre
- Desiderius of Cahors, Merovingian royal official
- Desiderius of Fontenelle, Frankish saint
- Desiderius of Vienne, archbishop of Vienne and chronicler
- Desiderius of Pistoia, ; See Barontius and Desiderius
