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;

  • Porcarius I (fl. c. 490), abbot of Lérins
  • Porcarius of Poitiers (d. c. 600), abbot of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand
  • Porcarius II (d. c. 732), abbot of Lérins, martyr
  • Porcarius (fl. 1150), brother of Peter Abelard and monk of Buzay Abbey

References

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