Candidus

Candidus may refer to:

• Tiberius Claudius Candidus, Roman general who fought against Emperor Pescennius Niger in 193
• Saint Candidus (died c.287), Egyptian commander of the Theban Legion
• Cyrion and Candidus (died 320), ethnic Armenian saints
• Candidus Isaurus, historian of the 5th century whose work is in the Patrologia Graeca
• Saint Candidus of Foligno, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno, 590–602
• Candidus of Fulda, ninth-century Benedictine scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance
• Candidus (floruit 793–802), Anglo-Saxon named Wizo, scholar for Alcuin of York in Gaul
• Candidus, a disciple of Clement of Ireland (c.750–818), teacher and saint
• Hugo Candidus (c.1020–c.1099), French Benedictine cardinal
• Hugh Candidus (c.1095–c.1160), Benedictine historian of Peterborough Abbey, England
• Pantaleon Candidus (1540–1608), Austrian theologian and author
• Daniel Candidus (1568–1637), German Lutheran theologian and writer
• Candidus, a pen name of American statesman Samuel Adams (1722–1803)
• William Candidus (1840–1910), American opera singer