Probably not much use, but...
Clarus was definitely used as a cognomen in the Roman empire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_cognominaAnd, in fact, there were two 2nd century Roman consuls who bore it, Erucius Clarus and Erucius Clarus II:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_imperial_Roman_consuls#2nd_centuryEdited to take hyperlinks off of 'Roman' and to fix "1st century" to "2nd" (duh!) :)~ Ivayla,
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CLARUS before St.Claurus (7th cent.) ?  ·  Andy ;---)  ·  5/25/2006, 1:33 PM
Probably not much use, but...  ·  Ivayla  ·  5/25/2006, 2:31 PM
Very helpful!  ·  Andy ;---)  ·  5/25/2006, 10:23 PM
Yup, my bad. Of course it's the second century :) n/t  ·  Ivayla  ·  5/26/2006, 9:07 AM