Gerontius
# Gerontius

Gerontius (/dʒɪˈrɒntiəs, ɡɪˈrɒntiəs/; Latinized Greek for 'old man') can refer to:

## Music and literature

* The Dream of Gerontius, a 1900 choral work by Edward Elgar, a setting of a poem of the same name by John Henry Newman
* The Dream of Gerontius, the poem by John Henry Newman

## People

* Gerontius (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan (462-465)
* Gerontius of Cervia, 6th-century Italian bishop
* Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1473-1489
* Gerontius (magister militum), early 5th-century Roman general
* Gerontius (commander), early 4th-century Roman commander of Tomis

## Fiction

* Gerontius, a 1989 novel by James Hamilton-Paterson
* Gerontius, the given name of the Old Took, a hobbit mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy series The Lord of the Rings
