Poemenius

Poemenius (Ancient Greek: Ποιμένιος, romanized: Poimenios) is a given name of Greek origin. Derived from ποιμήν, 'shepherd', the name means "pastoral, rural, simple".^[1] The standard Latin form is Pimenius, whence Pimenio and Pymenio in Romance. The attested feminine form is Poemenia.^[1] The Russian version is Pimen (Пи́мен, Пими́н).

Bearers of the name include:

Poemenius (mythology), one of the leaders of the satyrs in Greek mythology
Poemenius (usurper), Roman usurper based in Trier in 353
Saint Pimenius, Christian martyred in Rome in 362
Poemen (c. 350–450), one of the Desert Fathers, called Abba Poemen or Poemen the Great
Pimenio (fl. 629–646), bishop of Assidonia
Pimen, Metropolitan of Kiev, called Pimen the Greek, metropolitan in Moscow from 1382 to 1384
Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, (1910–1990), head of the Russian Orthodox Church
Pimen Orlov (1812–1865), Russian painter

References

^ ^a ^b Lidia Becker, Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert) (De Gruyter, 2009), p. 872.

[Becker-1] Lidia Becker, Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert) (De Gruyter, 2009), p. 872.

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