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I saw the name Sarkandra on a tombstone at a Catholic graveyard and was intrigued. Anyone have information on this name? It was a grave with several women's names on it, but they didn't seem related as all had different surnames. Sarkandra's surname was probably Eastern European. As all the other names on the tombstone were female, I'm guessing Sarkandra is female as well.
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For now I think a good hypothesis is that this is a feminization of Sarkander, the surname of Jan Sarkander, a Roman Catholic martyr who was canonized as a saint in 1995. Even though he was only "blessed" before 1995, I bet some devout Polish Catholics would have wanted to name children after him:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484a.htm
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That seems likely! Thank you.
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