Gallus may refer to:
People
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Saint Gall or ''Gallus'' (c. 550 – c. 646), Irish monk
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Gallus Anonymus, 12th-century Polish historian
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Gallus Mag
Gallus Mag (real name unknown) was a six-foot-plus tall, female Bouncer (doorman), bouncer at a 19th-century New York City bar (establishment), bar called The Hole in the Wall. She figures prominently in New York City folklore. The name "Gallus" o ...
, 19th-century female bouncer at a New York bar
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Georg Gallus
Georg Gallus (6 July 1927 – 13 August 2021) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as member of the German Bundestag.
Life
On 10 September 1970, Gallus entered the Bundestag to replace Ralf Dahrendorf, who h ...
(1927–2021), German politician
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Chris Gallus (born 1943), Australian politician
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Thomas Gallus (c. 1200–1246), French theologian
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Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; sl, Jakob Petelin Kranjski; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born ...
(1550–1591), Slovene composer
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Nicolaus Gallus (c. 1516–1570), German Lutheran Reformer
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Sandor Gallus
Sandor (Alexander) Gallus (15 November 1907 – 29 December 1996) was a Melbourne archaeologist, most famous for his investigations of Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation at Koonalda Cave in South Australia and the Dry Creek archaeological site i ...
(1907–1996), Australian archaeologist
Romans
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Constantius Gallus (326–354), junior Roman emperor from 351 to 354
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Cornelius Gallus
Gaius Cornelius Gallus (c. 70 – 26 BC) was a Roman poet, orator and politician.
Birthplace
The identity of Gallus' purported birthplace, '' Forum Iulii'', is still uncertain, and it is based on the epithet "Foroiuliensis" that Jerome gave to h ...
(c. 70–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician
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Quintus Roscius Gallus
Quintus Roscius (ca. 126 BC – 62 BC) was a Roman actor. The cognomen Gallus is dubious, as it appears only once as a scholia in a manuscript of Cicero's Pro Archia.
Life
''Constiteram exorientem Auroram forte salutans '' '' cum subito a laev ...
(c. 126–62 BC), Roman actor
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Trebonianus Gallus (206–253), Roman emperor
Animal-related
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''Gallus'' (genus), a bird genus in the pheasant family
*''Gallus''
Lacepède, 1802, a synonym for the fish genus ''
Alectis''
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Gallus (constellation)
Gallus (the cockerel) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) 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 d ...
, the cockerel, an obsolete constellation
Other
*''Gallus'', the singular form of ''
Galli
A ''gallus'' (pl. ''galli'') was a eunuch priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele (Magna Mater in Rome) and her consort Attis, whose worship was incorporated into the state religious practices of ancient Rome.
Origins
Cybele's cult may have orig ...
'', the eunuch priests of the Phrygian goddess Cybele
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''Gallus'' (album), 1992 album by Scottish rock band Gun
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Gallus (Frankfurt am Main)
Gallus (known as the Gallusviertel until 2007) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the ''Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I'' and the location of the Frankfurt train station.
The name ''Gallus'' originates from the German word "Galgen" ...
, a district of Frankfurt, Germany
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Gallus (professional wrestling)
Gallus are a British professional wrestling stable consisting of real-life brothers Joe and Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang. They are currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the NXT brand.
History WWE NXT UK (2018–2022)
On the first 5 Decem ...
, a Scottish professional wrestling stable
See also
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Galli (disambiguation)
Galli were priests of the Phrygian goddess Cybele.
Galli may also refer to:
Botany
* Crista-galli (disambiguation)
* ''Erythrina crista-galli'', a flowering tree sometimes called cockspur coral tree
* ''Echinochloa crus-galli'', a type of wild g ...
Latin-language surnames
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