Photinus (name)
Photinus or Photeinos ( el, Φωτεινός, 'bright') is a Greek given name. It is commonly associated with Photinus of Sirmium (died 276), a Christian bishop and heresiarch. Other people with the name include: * Photinus of Thessalonica (fl. late 5th century) * Photeinos (strategos) (fl. 820s), Byzantine commander See also * Photios (name) * Fotino (other) * Photinus (beetle) The rover fireflies (''Photinus'') are a genus of fireflies (family Lampyridae). They are the type genus of tribe Photinini in subfamily Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly (''P. pyralis''), the most com ...

Photinus
Photinus (Greek Φωτεινός; died 376), was a Christian bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia Secunda (today the town Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia), best known for denying the incarnation of Christ, thus being considered a heresiarch by the Catholic Church. His name became synonymous in later literature for someone asserting that Christ was not God. His teachings are mentioned by various ancient authors, like Ambrosiaster (Pseudo-Ambrose), Hilary of Poitiers, Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, John Cassian, Sulpicius Severus, Jerome, Vigilius of Thapsus and many others. None of his writings are extant; his views must be reconstructed through his critics. Life Photinus grew up in Ancyra in Galatia, where he was a student and later a deacon of bishop Marcellus. Marcellus, in later life a staunch opponent of Arianism, was excommunicated and deposed in 336 but rehabilitated by the Synod of Serdica in 343, which also made Photinus bishop of Sirmium. ...
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Photinus Of Thessalonica
Photinus ( el, Φωτεινός, Phōteinós) of Thessalonica was a disciple of Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471–489) and a deacon in the Church. Pope Felix III (13 March 483–492) excommunicated Acacius for his heretical theories. Thus the foundation was laid for the Acacian Schism between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches. Photinus was sent to Pope Anastasius II (496–498), probably by a supporter of Acacius, to plead his case. This Pope was, however, a moderate and tried to resolve the conflict by allowing the heretic deacon, who had been labelled an Acacian by his predecessor Pope Gelasius I, to partake in holy communion. This peace offering did not sway Photinus, but did result in suspicions among certain groups of Christians in the West about the views and opinions of Pope Anastasius. Pope Anastasius died shortly after this visit in 498 and many Christians in the West perceived his death as a sign of God thus deepening the growing divide between the Wes ...
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Photeinos (strategos)
Photeinos ( el, Φωτεινός) was a Byzantine commander and governor active in the 820s. He is first mentioned following the Muslim conquest of the island of Crete in the mid-820s. At the time, he was military governor (''strategos'') of the Anatolic Theme, and was entrusted by Emperor Michael II the Amorian (reigned 820–829) with recovering the island. Upon his request, he was later reinforced with troops under the ''protospatharios'' Damian. Both were defeated by the Arabs, however: Damian fell, and Photeinos was barely able to escape with his life. Despite this failure, he was soon entrusted with another important mission, being sent to Sicily as its ''strategos'' to counter the rebellion and defection of the local ''tourmarches'' Euphemius to the Aghlabids of Ifriqiya. He was probably the successor of the ''strategos'' Constantine Soudas, whom Euphemius had killed, but some scholars equate the two men. Greek historian Christos Makrypoulias on the other hand estimates t ...
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Photios (name)
Photios ( gr, Φώτιος) is a Greek name, latinized as Photius. It commonly refers to Saint Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810/820 – 893), an Eastern Orthodox scholar and Patriarch of Constantinople. A modern diminutive variant is Fotis ( gr, Φώτης). People with the name Photios or variants * Saint Photius the Martyr, a Christian martyr under Emperor Diocletian (died 305) * Photios (Emirate of Crete) (fl. 870s), Byzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete * Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1431) * Photius Fisk, a chaplain in the U.S. Navy (1807–1890) * Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras, a French author, politician, poet, and critic who was a founder of Action Française (1868-1952) * Patriarch Photius II of Constantinople (1874–1935) * Patriarch Photius of Alexandria (died 1925) * Photios of Korytsa (1862–1906), Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë * Photis Kontoglou (1895–1965), Greek writer and iconographer People with the name Fotis ...
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Fotino (other)
Fotino or Foteino may refer to: People * Dionisie Fotino (1769–1821), a Wallachian historian * Mihai Fotino (1930–2014), a Romanian actor * Mișu Fotino (1886-1970), a Romanian actor Places * Foteino, Arta, a village in Greece * Foteino, a settlement in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece * Foteino, a settlement in the Trikala regional unit, Greece Other uses * Fotino, a Space tether mission See also * Photinus (name) * Photino A photino is a hypothetical subatomic particle, the fermion WIMP superpartner of the photon predicted by supersymmetry. It is an example of a gaugino. Even though no photino has ever been observed so far, it is one of the candidates for the light ...