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Porcarius

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Porcarius (French: Porcaire or Porchaire) is the Latin word for "swineherd" and was occasionally used as a masculine given name in the early Middle Ages. Since porcarii were often slaves, "only elite couples [named their children Porcarius], and they probably did it ironically." In the 7th-century hagiography Martyrium Prisci et sociorum, for example, the aristocratic landowner Porcarius is introduced while boar hunting. The Spanish name Suarius may have a similar origin.[1]

Known bearers of the name include;

References

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  1. ^ Jamie Kreiner, Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West (Yale University Press, 2020), pp. 122 and 249 n9.
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