What is "patricius"

Patricius may refer to:

• Patricius, died in 352, a leader of the Jewish revolt against Gallus
• Patricius, father of Augustine of Hippo
• Patricius (consul 500), prominent East Roman general and consul
• Saint Patrick, Christian missionary and patron saint of Ireland
• Franciscus Patricius, Platonist philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice

• Patricius, a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies usually included in Albulina nowadays
• Patrician (ancient Rome), a rank in the Roman Republic and in the Roman Empire
• Patrikios a title in the Later Roman Empire
• Dinu Patriciu, Romanian businessman

Flavius Patricius (, died after 519) was a prominent East Roman ( Byzantine) general and statesman during the reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518).

Patricius also Patriciolus; ; floruit 459-471) was a son of the powerful general Aspar, for almost two decades the effective power behind the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Of mixed Roman and barbarian origin, he was destined for the imperial throne by his father, and rose to the rank of Caesar under Emperor Leo I, before his father's murder in 471 led to his own downfall and possibly death.