Dorotheus

Dorotheus ( Latinized Greek Δωρόθεος, Dorotheus ) is a common male name in the Greek. The corresponding feminine form is Dorothea. The meaning of the name ( "gift of God") is derived from the two words Doron ( δώρον, "gift" ) and theos ( θεός, "God "). In reversing the order of the two parts of the name to give the common name in the German Theodor (Greek Theodoros ) and Theodora.

Dorotheus is the name of:

Patriarchs and bishops:

  • Dorotheus of Alexandria, Coptic Pope 565-580
  • Dorotheos I, Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 370-371
  • Dorotheus (approx. 431), Bishop of Martianopolis
  • Dorotheus ( 600 ), Archimandrite of Palestine
  • Dorotheus II, Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 1219-1245
  • I. Dorotheus, Bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem ca 1367 - ca 1412
  • Dorotheus III. , Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 1436-1453
  • Dorotheus II, bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem 1506-1537
  • Dorotheus, Bishop of Kitros 1872-1873

Theologians:

  • Dorotheus of Tyre, presbyter in Antioch, founder of the Antiochian school, which the apocryphal Gospel of the Seventy is attributed.
  • Dorotheus of Gaza ( 505-565 ), monk and monastery founder
  • Dorotheos Vlates, Byzantine theologian

Artists and scientists:

  • Dorotheus of Sidon, Hellenistic astrologer of the 1st century
  • Dorotheus ( jurist ), Roman lawyer under Justinian I., one of the authors of the Corpus iuris Civilis
  • Dorotheus (painter) ( 60 ), Roman painter

Dorotheus is second or further first name may refer to:

  • Franz Dorotheus Gerlach (1793-1876), Swiss classical scholar and historian of German origin
  • Christoph Keller ( Dorotheus Ludwig Christoph Keller, Earl of Keller on Stedten; 1757-1827 ), German politician
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