Theophylact or Theophylactus (
Latin
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: ''Theophylactus;''
Greek
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: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to:
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Theophylact Simocatta
Theophylact Simocatta (Byzantine Greek: Θεοφύλακτος Σιμοκάτ(τ)ης ''Theophýlaktos Simokát(t)ēs''; ) was an early seventh-century Byzantine historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian of Late Antiquity, writing in ...
(7th century), Byzantine author and historian
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Theophylactus (Exarch) (died 710), Exarch of Ravenna
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Patriarch Theophylactus of Alexandria (7th–8th centuries), coadjutor Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
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Theophylact of Antioch (8th century),
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
The patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, the leader of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The term "Greek" does not refer to ethnic origin; the majority of these patriarchs were not ethnic Greeks, but ...
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Archdeacon Theophylact (8th century), archdeacon of the Roman Church
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Peter of Atroa or Theophylact (773–837)
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Theophylact Rhangabe (8th century), Byzantine admiral
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Theophylact (son of Michael I) (793–849), Byzantine co-emperor
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Theophylact of Nicomedia (died 845), Bishop of Nicomedia
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Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (9th–10th centuries)
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Theophylact of Constantinople (917–956), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Theophylact Dalassenos (10th–11th centuries)
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Theophylact Botaneiates (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
died 1014)
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Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Benedict VIII (; – 9 April 1024) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until his death. He was born Theophylact to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieval pope, he had strong aut ...
or Theophylactus (died 1024)
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Pope Benedict IX
Pope Benedict IX (; ), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for three periods between October 1032 and July 1048 (1032–1044; 1045; 1047–1048). Aged about 20 when first elected, he may h ...
or Theophylactus (11th century)
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Theophylact of Ohrid
Theophylact (, ; around 1055after 1107) was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible. He is regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorated on December 31st.
Life
Theophylact was born in the ...
(died c. 1107), Archbishop of Ohrid and biblical commentator
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Theophylaktos (died 1958), Metropolitan of Australia; see
List of 20th-century religious leaders
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