Desiderius is a

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

given name, related to ''desiderium'' - which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for". Various other forms include Desiderio in

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

, Desiderio or

Desi Desi ( or or ; Hindustani language, Hindustani: देसी , , ) also Deshi, is a loose term used to describe the ethnic groups in South Asia, peoples, culture of South Asia, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their Sout ...

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, Desidério in Portuguese, 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. De ...

(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 ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

(c. 1466–1536), Dutch humanist and theologian * Desiderius Hampel (1895-1981), Waffen-SS general * Desiderius of Aquitaine (died 587), Gallo-Roman dux in the Kingdom of the Franks * Desiderius Wein (1873-1944), Hungarian doctor and gymnast

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* Desiderius (lector), (died c. 303) * Desiderius of Auxerre, (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 depo ...

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

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