Eleutherius, Eleutherus or Eleuterus may refer to:

Gods

*An epithet of

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Roma ...

and

Zeus Zeus or , , ; grc, Δῐός, ''Diós'', label= genitive Boeotian Aeolic and Laconian grc-dor, Δεύς, Deús ; grc, Δέος, ''Déos'', label= genitive el, Δίας, ''Días'' () is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek reli ...

, meaning 'The Liberator'

Saints

*2nd century

Pope Eleutherius Pope Eleutherius (died 24 May 189), also known as Eleutherus, was the bishop of Rome from c. 174 to his death. His pontificate is alternatively dated to 171-185 or 177-193. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He is linked to a numb ...

(feast day: May 26) *

Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce Saint Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce (12th century?) was, according to tradition, an English pilgrim who died at Rocca d'Arce and was afterwards venerated as a saint. Tradition also makes him a brother of Saints Grimwald and Fulk (possibly Saint Gri ...

(feast day: May 29), English pilgrim who died at Rocca d'Arce * Eleutherius of Nicomedia (feast day: October 2), a soldier who was martyred under Diocletian *

Eleutherius of Tournai Saint Eleutherius of Tournai (french: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai.

(died 532), bishop of Tournai, 5th century evangelist of the Franks * Eleutherius and Antia (feast day: died 121), martyrs *the martyred companion of

Saint Denis of Paris Denis of Paris was a 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint. According to his hagiographies, he was bishop of Paris (then Lutetia) in the third century and, together with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, was martyred for his faith by ...

(martyred c.250, feast day: October 9)

Bishops

* Eleutherius, Bishop of the west Saxons

Patriarchs and exarchs

Eleutherius of Byzantium Eleutherius ( el, Ἐλευθέριος, died 136) was the bishop of Byzantium for approximately seven years (129–136 AD). He succeeded Bishop Diogenes. He was in office during the rule of Emperor Hadrian Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâi� ...

, Patriarch of Constantinople (129–136) *Eleutherius,

Greek 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. It r ...

(1023–1028) *Eleutherius, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (1175–1180) *

Eleutherius (exarch) Eleutherius ( grc-gre, Ελευθέριος, Eleuthérios; died 620) was the exarch of Ravenna from 615 to 619, succeeding the eunuch John I. Early in his reign, nearly the entire exarchate was unstable. In Ravenna, there was obvious discontent wit ...

(died 620), 7th century Exarch of Ravenna

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