Germanus is the Latin term referring to the Germanic peoples. A probably unrelated meaning in Latin is "blood relation", cognate to germen "seed" (whence Spanish hermano "brother"). Thor, pagan Germanic sky god. ...
Germanus II, 95th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1240)
Germanus III, 101st Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1267)
Germanus IV, 213th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1853)
Germanus V, 225th Patriarch of Constantinople (died 1918)
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A Gaulish assembly of bishops chose Germanus and Lupus, Bishop of Troyes to visit the island to combat the threat and satisfy the Pope that the British church would not break away from the Augustinian teachings of divine grace.
Germanus made a second visit to Britain in the 440s, joined by Severus, Bishop of Trier and meeting Elafius, described by Bede as 'a chief of that region'.
Germanus cured Elafius' enfeebled son and this miracle served to persuade the population again that Gaulish Catholicism rather than Pelagianism was the true faith.
John, Patriarch of Constantinople, appointed by Philippicus to succeed the deposed Cyrus, sent to Pope Constantine a letter of submission and accepted the true doctrine of the Church promulgated at the Council of 681, whereupon he was recognized by the pope as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Germanus turned to Pope Gregory II (729), who in a lengthy epistle praised his zeal and steadfastness.
His feast is celebrated on 12 May. Several writings of Germanus have been preserved (Migne, P.G., XCVIII, 39-454), viz., "Narratio de sanctis synodis", a dialogue "De vitae termino", a letter to the Armenians, and three letters on the reverencing of images, as well as nine discourses in the extravagant rhetorical style of the later Byzantines.
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