The name of "Pacandus" owes it origin, without doubt, to the bishopric of Acanda in Lycia (Asia Minor), whose bishop, Panaetius, signed in 458 the letter of the bishops of Lycia to Emperor Leo I, and which is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum from the seventh to the thirteenth century among the suffragans of Myra.
The name "Pacandus" is derived from the bishopric of Acanda in Lycia (Asia Minor), where Panaetius, the bishop, signed a letter to Emperor Leo I in 458 AD. This information is found in the Notitiae Episcopatuum, which lists Acanda as one of the suffragans of Myra between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.