Which Historical Church Figure Has the Best Superhero Name?

Over on Facebook, someone writes:

So which church father (or any saint, I suppose) has the coolest super hero name?

If you want cool superhero names, I'd broaden it beyond just saints and church Fathers, because some historical figures have some really cool superhero names. Here are some of my favorites:

  • Johann Wessel (d. 1489) a.k.a. Doctor Contradictionum
  • Francis Mayron (d. 1325) and Raymond Lully (d. 1315), a.k.a. Doctor Illuminatus (they had an Earth-1, Earth-2 thing going, apparently)
  • Petrus Thomas (d. 14th cent.) a.k.a. Doctor Invincibilis
  • Albertus Magnus (d. 1280) a.k.a. Doctor Magnus
  • St. Bonaventure (d. 1274) a.k.a. Doctor Seraphicus
  • Alanus of Lille (d. 1202) a.k.a. Doctor Universalis

Francis Mayron was also known as Doctor Abstractionum.

So there's quite a bit of superhero cool in the naming department for many Church figures.

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

12 thoughts on “Which Historical Church Figure Has the Best Superhero Name?”

  3. Really, I think “Origen” is a pretty awesome superhero name. I mean, what kind of superlative origin story would the superhero “Origen” have? “Maximus” is cool too. Other candidates: Adamantius, Chromatius, and Tyrannius Rufinus.

  5. Let us all remember that the Rock was the leader of the Titanic Twelve, which also included the Sons of Thunder, the Zealot, the Twin and the Just.

  6. Jimmy,
    I’m sorry but “Doctor Contradictionum” sounds like a villain. Even if he were good in the first five or six series I’d always expect a guy with that moniker to go bad at some point. It would be inevitable.

  12. You forgot the best one, St Anthony of Padua’s nickname:
    “The Hammer of the Heretics”

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