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View Name: Sophronius


SOPHRONIUS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Late Greek (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Σωφρονιος (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Latinized form of the Greek name Σωφρονιος (Sophronios), which was derived from Greek σωφρων (sophron) "self-controlled, sensible". Saint Sophronius was a 7th-century patriarch of Jerusalem.
Related Names
VARIANT: Sophronios
FEMININE FORM: Sophronia
OTHER LANGUAGES: Sofronio (Spanish)



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