Erasmus ♂

Latinized form of Greek Erasmos, a derivative of eran 'to love'. St Erasmus (d. 303) was a bishop of Formiae in Campania, martyred under Diocletian; he is numbered among the Fourteen Holy Helpers and is a patron of sailors. This is a fairly rare given name in the English-speaking world. It is sometimes bestowed in honour of the great Dutch humanist scholar and teacher Erasmus Rotterodamus (?1466–1536).

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