Saint Leucius, Saint Peter and Saint Severus

[Gabriel Fey]

No: HPFGUIDX 115832


> Tooks:
> That is a fascinating thought...one I could see occuring.  The only
> one I doubt is Lucius being named after Saint Leucius, he really
> doesn't come across as a saint or one to redeem.  It's more likely,
> IMHO, that he was named after the character of the same name in
> William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus - a thoroughly nasty man who
> attempts to bring about the destruction of King Titus by hurting
> and/or causing the deaths of all those close to the king.  <snip>
> - I know JKR named Hermione after a character from A Winter's Tale 
> by Shakespeare, so it's possible she did it more than once.
 

*smiley* I read this post and, having read the play a while ago, 
immediately went to lug out my Complete Shakespeare to check who Lucius 
was. Actually, the Lucius of _Titus Andronicus_ wasn't that bad. He was 
the son of Titus, and had a son of his own, young Lucius. (Lucius Jr. 
^_^) Lucius' main role in _Titus Andronicus_ was to go meet with an army 
outside of Rome. I think he's also one of the few characters who 
*doesn't* die in that play. (I've heard _Titus Andronicus_ described as 
part of Shakespeare's Quentin Tarantino phase. -_-) If JKR named Lucius 
Malfoy after Shakespeare's Lucius, then perhaps there's hope for him.

Young Lucius has very little part in _Titus Andronicus_, other than to 
get chased by Titus' daughter Lavinia as she's trying to tell him 
something. I got the impression that he was only about eleven.

So far, as my internet connection's inhabited by demons, I haven't been 
able to get through to the website about the saints, but there's 
probably a book around my house somewhere that I can look them up in. 
Hope this helps!

- Gabriel Fey, quite firmly a Ravenclaw. Smart is sexy!