Saint Leucius, Saint Peter and Saint Severus

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LadyOfThePensieve wrote:
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The 3 saints Saint Leucius, Saint Peter and Saint Severus.
  
They all died in 309 AD in Egypt as martyrians.
Well. Does these names sound familiar to you?
 
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Dharma replies:
 
Thanks for posting this information!  My first thought is the 
obvious, given this context.  Lucius, Peter and Snape are going to 
all be dead at the hands Death Eaters or Voldemort by the time book 
7 comes to an end.  Much wild speculation comes to mind in thinking 
about how they might die!!

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Tooks:
That is a fastinating 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 throughly 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.  (Pardon me 
for not going into the plot, I haven't read the play, just heard of 
the Lucius character.) - 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.
 
Dharma replies:

Lucius betraying just about anyone who stands between himself and 
power is perfectly consistent with his character.  Even Voldemort 
knows that Lucius is slippery, and was not enthusiastically 
supportive of the reappearance of the Dark Mark at the World Cup.  
Lucius does not have to join "the Light" to betray his fellow Death 
Eaters or Voldemort.  He is selfish, self-centered and interested in 
power and control.  

It would be interesting to me if he and Voldemort did come into 
conflict at some point.  They are quite alike in their willingness to 
manipulate others to gain control.  Unfortunately for Lucius, 
Voldemort does not really allow anyone else to gain any real power in 
his circle.  Which is a situation ripe for a good bit of turncoat 
behavior.