Candidus
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Candidus can refer to many things. In Latin, candidus, candida means clear and white.
- A common Roman cognomen, see List of Roman cognomina
- A common binomial name.
- Saint Candidus, martyr
- A Greek speaking historian of the 5th century from Isauria Tracheia (see Patrologia Graeca PG 85)
- Alfred, Prince of Windischgrätz (Alfred Candidus Ferdinand)
- A pen name of Lt. Col. James Chalmers
- A disciple of Clement of Ireland
- Candidus of Fulda, a ninth-century scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance
- Candidus (Wizo), another ninth-century scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance
- Pen-name used by Alexander Campbell, Restoration Movement Leader