Poemenius

Poemenius (Ancient Greek: Ποιμένιος, romanized: Poimenios) is a given name of Greek origin. Derived from ποιμήν, 'shepherd', the name means "pastoral, rural, simple".^[1] The standard Latin form is Pimenius, whence Pimenio and Pymenio in Romance. The attested feminine form is Poemenia.^[1] The Russian version is Pimen (Пи́мен, Пими́н).

Bearers of the name include:

• Poemenius (mythology), one of the leaders of the satyrs in Greek mythology
• Poemenius (usurper), Roman usurper based in Trier in 353
• Saint Pimenius, Christian martyred in Rome in 362
• Poemen (c. 350–450), one of the Desert Fathers, called Abba Poemen or Poemen the Great
• Pimenio (fl. 629–646), bishop of Assidonia
• Pimen, Metropolitan of Kiev, called Pimen the Greek, metropolitan from 1382 to 1384
• Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, (1910–1990), head of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Pimen Orlov (1812–1865), Russian painter