The surname Landry, considered to be the second oldest name in France, is a name steeped in history, religion,and culture. Numbering among its members no less than three saints, the name has also lent its name to towns in France, Canada and the United States.
It was not until the early Middle Ages that surnames were introduced to distinguish between numbers of people bearing the same personal or Christian name. With the growth in population, and in documentation necessitated by the expanding administrative machinery of medieval rulers, surnames became essential. Generally, these names fall into four categories:
- Location
- Patronymic
- Occupational
- Nickname origin
The French family name Landry falls into several categories. It is of patronymic origin, coming from Landericus, belonging to that category of names derived from the first name of the father or ancestor. In this case, the name simply denotes "the son of Landry", a popular personal name during the medieval period, early forms of which included Landri, and the regional variant Landry. Today in France, the name is also found in the forms of Landrin and Landron. The name is in fact, of ultimate Germanic origin, being derived from the old baptismal name "Land-rick", a composite name which signifies, literally, "land/country-powerful".
Different spellings of the same original surname are a common occurrence. Dictionaries of surnames indicate probable spelling variations of Landry to be:
- L'andre
- Landre
- Landri
- Landro
- Landrey
- Lendry
- Lynderey
It appears, however, that it is not known for certainy when the name was first recorded.
Saint Landry (Landericus) of Paris (d. ca. 661) was a
Veneration
He was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where most of his relics are kept (two bones were given to the parish of Saint-Landry in 1408).
A statue of St. Landry stands behind the altar of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. His feast day is June 10.
Miracles were recorded of him. One of them reads:
We have seen and known that a man which men call Raoul Gracard was smitten suddenly, and had the head much great and swollen, and was so red in the face of him that all folk that saw him deemed and held him for a leper. Which man with great haste came to the presence of Saint Landry, and there he confessed him much devoutly, receiving much benignly his penance, and after he came to the sudary of the saint and with great devotion kissed it, and when he had done his offering and vow with much great faith and hope he returned, and unnethe he was come to his house when he became as whole as ever he was.
– Jacob de Voragine, The Golden Legend, [1]
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| 한글이름 | 영문이름 | 신 분 | 축 일 | |
| 란데리꼬 | LANDERICUS | 주교 | 06-10 | |
| 클로비스 2세가 통치하던 650년경에 그는 파리의 주교가 되었다. 매우 정열적이고 열심하던 그는 특히 가난한 이들에게 깊은 애정이 남달랐는 데, 그 도시에 큰 기근이 들었을 때, 자신의 개인 소지품은 물론 교회 의 가구들까지 매각하여 구호사업에 사용할 정도였다. 그는 노뜨르담 옆에 파리 최초의 구호소를 세우고 성 크리스토포로에게 봉헌하였다. |
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