Theophylact or Theophylactus (
Latin
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: ''Theophylactus;''
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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''; la, Theophylactus Simocatta) was an early seventh-century Byzantine historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian o ...
(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 Theophylact or Theophylactus (Latin: ''Theophylactus;'' Greek: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to:
* Theophylact Simocatta (7th century), Byzantine author and historian
* Theophylactus (Exarch) (died 710), Exa ...
(8th century),
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
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Archdeacon Theophylact (8th century), archdeacon of the Roman Church
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Peter of Atroa
Peter of Atroa (773–837) was an abbot who was later canonized as a saint.
Biography
He was born the eldest of three children. His given name was Theophylact. At eighteen, he determined to become a monk and joined Paul the Hesychast at his he ...
or Theophylact (773–837)
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Theophylact Rhangabe
Theophylact Rhangabe or Theophylaktos Rhangabe ( gr, Θεοφύλακτος, ὁ τοῦ Ῥαγγαβέ, ), was a Byzantine Greeks, Greek admiral, and the father of the emperor Michael I Rhangabe (ruled 811–813).
Life
He is known only from his ...
(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
Theophylact I (before 864 – 924/925) was a medieval count of Tusculum who was the effective ruler of Rome from around 905 through to his death in 924. His descendants controlled the papacy for the next 100 years.
Biography
Theophylact was th ...
(9th–10th centuries)
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Theophylact of Constantinople
Theophylact Lekapenos (or Lecapenus) ( el, Θεοφύλακτος Λεκαπηνός, ''Theophylaktos Lekapenos'') (917 – 27 February 956) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium''. Oxford University Pres ...
(917–956), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Theophylact Dalassenos Theophylact Dalassenos ( el, Θεοφύλακτος Δαλασσηνός; born before c. 990 – after 1039) was a Byzantine aristocrat who occupied a series of senior military positions in the 11th century.
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Theophylact was the son of Damia ...
(10th–11th centuries)
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Theophylact Botaneiates (
fl. died 1014)
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Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Benedict VIII ( la, Benedictus VIII; c. 980 – 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 medieva ...
or Theophylactus (died 1024)
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Pope Benedict IX
Pope Benedict IX ( la, Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048. Aged approximately 20 at his first ele ...
or Theophylactus (11th century)
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Theophylact of Ohrid
Theophylact ( gr, Θεοφύλακτος, bg, Теофилакт; around 1055after 1107) was a Byzantine archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible.
Life
Theophylact was born in the mid-11th century at Euripus (Chalcis) in Euboea, at 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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