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, Didier in French and Dezső in Hungarian. ''Desiderius'' may refer to: *

Desiderius Desiderius, also known as Daufer or Dauferius (born – died ), was king of the Lombards in northern Italy, ruling from 756 to 774. The Frankish king of renown, Charlemagne, married Desiderius's daughter and subsequently conquered his realm. Des ...

(died c. 786), the last king of the Lombard Kingdom of northern Italy * Desiderius, Abbot of Monte Cassino (c. 1026–1087), successor of Pope Gregory VII *

Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

(c. 1466–1536), Dutch humanist and theologian * Desiderius Hampel (1895-1981), Waffen-SS general *

Desiderius of Aquitaine Desiderius (died 587) was a Gallo-Roman ''dux'' in the Kingdom of the Franks during the reigns of Chilperic I and Guntram. He served Chilperic as Duke of Aquitaine and was his greatest general. When Sigebert I of Austrasia died in 575, Chilperic se ...

(died 587), Gallo-Roman dux in the Kingdom of the Franks * Desiderius Wein (1873-1944), Hungarian doctor and gymnast

Saints

* Desiderius (lector), (died c. 303) *

Desiderius of Auxerre Desiderius, also known as Daufer or Dauferius (born – died ), was king of the Lombards in northern Italy, ruling from 756 to 774. The Frankish king of renown, Charlemagne, married Desiderius's daughter and subsequently conquered his realm. Des ...

, (died 621), bishop of Auxerre * Desiderius of Cahors (c. 580–655), Merovingian royal official * Desiderius of Fontenelle (died c. 700), Frankish saint *

Desiderius of Vienne Desiderius of Vienne (died 607) was a martyred archbishop of Vienne and a chronicler. Life Nothing is known about his early years. In 603, in a conflict with Brunhilda of Austrasia, the legitimacy of whose children he had attacked, he was depos ...

(died 607), archbishop of Vienne and chronicler *Desiderius of Pistoia, (died 725); See Barontius and Desiderius