Percy Ignatius Weasley

[nkittyhawk97]

No: HPFGUIDX 83534

Mary Jo <maryjo at n...> wrote:
> I was surprised to find out that Percy's middle name is Ignatius.  
I have puzzled over the significance of his middle name, and have a 
few ideas, but am unsure if any of them are correct.  
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> 2.  Could St. Ignatius of Loyola be somehow a model for Percy?  I 
know that St. Ignatius of Loyola was originally a soldier, and when 
he was an invalid from wounds received during battle, he read a book 
about the life of a saint, and decided to try to be a saint 
himself.  Does this part of his life represent ambitious Percy?  St. 
Ignatius later said that the biggest and most important thing he had 
to learn was humility.  Are we going to see Percy humbled?  Or is he 
in reality already an undercover spy? The order St. Ignatius did 
institute became famous for its excellent education and teaching of 
logic.  Perhaps this is an indication that Percy will end up as the 
teacher at Hogwarts. >>>


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~~FINALLY, SOMEBODY WITH THE SAME OBSESSION! I swear I've looked up 
everyone's name, but Ignatius seems to stick out in my mind. All I 
can find is that Ignatius was a martyred bishop who protected his 
people from persecution and ended up thrown to the lions by the 
emperor. All in all, I think it generally means Percy's gonna die 
saving someone - possibly his family. I honestly think he's going to 
redeem himself somewhere in the series, and doing it for his 
family's safety would make it all the more tear-jerking and stuff.
Oh, and also, there's like a St. Ignatius day or something on Feb. 
1st. Maybe something will happen Feb 1st in the book, who knows?
*must also ponder Dumbledore's MANY MANY MANY middle names*

~~nkittyhawk