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Yes, Julian is a male name. In this case the anchoress is named after the patron of the church in which she was enclosed. We don't her name before enclosure (or, indeed, much of anything else about her previous life). Jill On Sat, 8 May 1999 14:03:23 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote... >In a message dated 1999-05-08 08:50:26 Eastern Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >> May 8 is also the feast day of Julian of Norwich, who, though not >> canonized as a saint, is highly regarded and venerated by many of us >> (including myself--not least because her f.d. is my b.d.). > >Not to nitpick, but isn't "Julian" a male name? > >-- David Knott > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%