Gallus
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Gallus may refer to:

People
  • several ancient Romans; see Gallus (cognomen)
    Gallus (cognomen)
    -Meanings of the word:In Latin, the word Gallus had at least three distinct meanings:*Gallus referred to an inhabitant of Gaul, to a Celtic-speaking person, or to a person perceived as ethnically or culturally Celtic....

  • Gaius Cornelius Gallus (ca. 70 BC–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician (in later life, Prefect of Egypt)
  • Saint Gall
    Saint Gall
    Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Saint Deicolus is called an older brother of Gall.-Biography:...

     (Saint Gallus), 7th century
  • Gallus Anonymus
    Gallus Anonymus
    Gallus Anonymus is the name traditionally given to the anonymous author of Gesta principum Polonorum , composed in Latin about 1115....

    , a chronicler working in 11th and 12th century Poland
  • Thomas Gallus
    Thomas Gallus
    Thomas Gallus of Vercelli was a French theologian, a member of the School of St Victor. He is known for his commentaries on Pseudo-Dionysius and his ideas on affective theology. His elaborate mystical schemata influenced Bonaventure and The Cloud of Unknowing...

    , ca. 1200-1246
  • Nicolaus Gallus
    Nicolaus Gallus
    Nicolaus Gallus , was leader of the Lutheran Reformation in Regensburg....

     (1516–1570), a Lutheran Reformer
  • Jacobus Gallus
    Jacobus Gallus
    Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

     (1550–1591), composer
  • Gallus, the Latin word for an inhabitant of Gaul
    Gaul
    Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...

  • Gallus, the singular form of Galli
    Galli
    A Gallus was a eunuch priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, whose worship was incorporated into the state religious practices of ancient Rome.-About the Galli:...

    , the eunuch priests of Cybele


Animal-related
  • gallus, the Latin word for rooster
    Rooster
    A rooster, also known as a cockerel, cock or chanticleer, is a male chicken with the female being called a hen. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels...

     or cockerel
  • Gallus (biology), the bird genus in the pheasant family that includes the wild form of the domesticated chicken
    Chicken
    The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...

     Gallus gallus.
  • Gallus (constellation)
    Gallus (constellation)
    Gallus was a constellation introduced in 1612 by Petrus Plancius.It was in the northern part of what is now Puppis. It was not adopted in the atlases of Johannes Hevelius, John Flamsteed and Johann Bode and fell into disuse....

    , The Cockerel, an obsolete constellation


Other
  • Gallus (Frankfurt am Main)
    Gallus (Frankfurt am Main)
    Gallus, former Gallusviertel, is a district or Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I, and is subdivided into 7 Stadtbezirke....

    , former Gallusviertel, a district of Frankfurt, Germany
  • Gallus (album)
    Gallus (album)
    Gallus is the second album from Scottish rock band Gun. The cover shows Benny Lynch, a renowned Scottish boxer from Glasgow. The album peaked at #14 on the UK Albums Chart.-Track listing:# "Steal Your Fire"# "Money to Burn"# "Long Road"...

     is the second album by the Scottish rock band Gun.
  • Gallus, usually used in the plural, another word for suspenders
    Suspenders
    Suspenders or braces are fabric or leather straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers. Straps may be elasticated, either entirely or only at attachment ends and most straps are of woven cloth forming an X or Y shape at the back. Braces are typically attached to trousers with buttons...

  • Gallus, a British dialect word, chiefly Scottish, derogatory in origin and meaning "wild, a rascal; deserving to be hanged (from the Gallows)"; later meaning:
  1. Self confident, daring, cheeky;
  2. Stylish, impressive.
    • Gallus Cycles is a hand-crafted bicycle company in Fort Worth, Texas
      Fort Worth, Texas
      Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

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