What is "palladius"

Palladius ( fl. 408–431; died ca 457/461) was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick; the two were perhaps conflated in many later Irish traditions.

Palladius may refer to:

People:

• Palladius of Antioch (died 309), also known as Palladius the Hermit, Christian saint
• Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, 4th-century Roman agricultural writer usually known as Palladius
• Palladius of Ratiaria, late 4th-century Arian Christian theologian
• Palladius (prefect), prefect of Alexandria in 373
• Palladius of Galatia (360s–420s) also known as Palladius Helenopolitanus, the author of Historia Lausiaca
• Junius Quartus Palladius, Praetorian Prefect in the Western Roman Empire in the early 5th century
• Palladius (Caesar) (420–455), son of Western Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus, Caesar of the Western Roman Empire
• Palladius (bishop of Ireland) (fl. 408-431; died ca. 457/461), also known as Palladius the Deacon, first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick
• Palladius of Embrun (died ca. 541 AD), also known as Pallade, Pélade, Patllari, bishop of Embrun
• Palladius of Saintes, or Pallais of Saintes, 6th-century bishop of Saintes in Gaul
• Palladius (physician), 6th or 7th century, author of two books of commentary on Hippocrates
• Peder Palladius (1503-1560), the first Lutheran bishop of the Church of Denmark
• Palladius (Kafarov), named as Archimandrite Palladius or Pyotr Kafarov (1817 – 1878), early Russian sinologist, author of the standard Russian transcription scheme for Chinese words

Other uses:

• Palladius table, a table of Palladius system syllables for the cyrillization of Chinese
• Palladius (wine), a cult wine label by the Sadie Family, a South African producer

Palladius (; c. 6th century) a Greek medical writer, some of whose works are still extant. Nothing is known of the events of his life, but, as he is commonly called Iatrosophistes, he is supposed to have gained that title by having been a professor of medicine at Alexandria. His date is uncertain; he may lived in the 6th or 7th centuries. All that can be pronounced with certainty is that he quotes Galen, and is himself quoted by Rhazes. Three of his works are extant:

• Commentary on Hippocrates' On fractures
• Commentary on book VI of Hippocrates' Epidemics
• Commentary on Galen's On the Sects

His Commentaries on Hippocrates are in a great measure abridged from Galen; they appear to have been known to the Arabic writers. They have both of them come down to us imperfect.

Palladius (c. 420 – June 455) was Caesar of the Western Roman Empire for two months in 455, together with his father Petronius Maximus.