Theodosius

Theodosius (from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", "Given by god") is a name which might refer to one of several people:

• One of three emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium:
  • Theodosius I (347–395; "Theodosius the Great"), son of Count Theodosius
  • Theodosius II (408–450)
  • Theodosius III (715–717)

• One of three popes of the Coptic Orthodox Church
  • Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
  • Pope Theodosius II of Alexandria
  • Pope Theodosius III of Alexandria

• One of three Patriarchs of Alexandria
  • Patriarch Theodosius I of Alexandria (535–567)
  • Patriarch Theodosius II of Alexandria (12th century)

• One of three Dukes of Braganza
  • Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510–1563), 5th Duke of Braganza
  • Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1558–1630), 7th Duke of Braganza
  • Teodósio, Prince of Brazil (1634–1653), 9th Duke of Braganza and 1st Prince of Brazil

Others by the name are:

• Theodosius of Bithynia or Theodosius of Tripolis (c. 160 BC – c. 100 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician
• Theodosius Florentini, a Swiss Capuchin monk, a founder of Catholic religious orders
• Theodosius the Cenobiarch (c. 423–529)
• Theodosius, bishop of Philadelphia, deposed at Council of Seleucia, 359
• Theodosius (son of Maurice) (583/585–602), eldest son and co-emperor of the Byzantine emperor Maurice
• Theodosius the Deacon, a 10th-century Byzantine poet who wrote the poem "The Conquest of Crete"
• Theodosius of Kiev, 11th century Russian saint
• Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461–1464)
• Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), former primate of the Orthodox Church in America (1933– )
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist