Solanus is a Spanish surname and it in not clear what it means but it is found as the family name of several important religious figures.
There was Francis Solanus who lived from March 1549 to July 1610. He was a notable Spanish missionary in South America and belonged to what is known as the Order of Friars Minor. Several myths grew up around this linguist who mastered several native tongues including his predicting the earthquake in 1618 which struck Trujillo and his own death. He has been canonized and his feast is held every year by his Franciscan Order on the twenty fourth day of July. There was even Valerie Jean Solanas was a fundamental feminist from America. She was the author of the book SCUM Manifesto and the woman who shot Andy Warhol.
There was Francis Solanus who lived from March 1549 to July 1610. He was a notable Spanish missionary in South America and belonged to what is known as the Order of Friars Minor. Several myths grew up around this linguist who mastered several native tongues including his predicting the earthquake in 1618 which struck Trujillo and his own death. He has been canonized and his feast is held every year by his Franciscan Order on the twenty fourth day of July. There was even Valerie Jean Solanas was a fundamental feminist from America. She was the author of the book SCUM Manifesto and the woman who shot Andy Warhol.
