First names dictionary

PANCRAS

Pancras: translation

Pancrasm
English:Middle Englishform ofGreekPankratios(seePANCRAZIO(SEE Pancrazio)), popular in England during the earlyMiddle Agesbecause in the 7th century the Pope had sent to anAnglo-Saxonking relics of a saint so called (an obscure 3rd-century martyr, not the more famousSiciliansaint mentioned atPancrazio). It is now very rare, and modern instances are probably adaptations of theItalianname.

  1. pancras—n ч. мя Панкрас....Англо-український словник Балла М.І.