Gender Masculine
Usage History (Ecclesiastical)
Other Forms FormsIndalecio (Spanish, Galician and Aragonese form)
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain, though allegedly derived from indal eccius which is said to mean "messenger of the gods" in a language of pre-Roman Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal). This is the name of the patron saint of Almería, Spain - a 1st-century Christian martyr.