Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to: *

Theodore, Philippa, and Companions Theodore, Philippa, and companions were Christian martyrs, martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perga, Perge () as a Roman soldier, and Philippa (Φιλίππα) was his mother. Their companions who suffer ...

(including Dioscorus), 3rd-century martyr and saint * Dioscurus, father of

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara (; ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Greek saint and martyr. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the origin ...

(3rd century) *

Dioscorus (consul 442) Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to: * Theodore, Philippa, and Companions (including Dioscorus), 3rd-century martyr and saint * Dioscurus, father of Saint Barbara (3rd century) * Dioscorus (consul 442), Roman consul in ...

Roman consul The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...

in 442 *

Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria Dioscorus I (), also known as Dioscorus the Great, was the pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark who was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He was recognized as patriarch by the Coptic Church until his death. He die ...

, Coptic Pope of Alexandria deposed at Chalcedon for his leadership at the Second Council of Ephesus (444–454) *

Pope Dioscorus II of Alexandria Pope Dioscorus II of Alexandria, 31st Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He was chosen Patriarch after the departure of his predecessor, St. John. His first work after his enthronement to the See of St. Mark was writing an e ...

, Coptic Pope of Alexandria (516–517) *

Antipope Dioscorus Dioscorus (died 14 October 530) was a deacon of the Alexandrian and the Roman church from 506. In a disputed election following the death of Pope Felix IV, the majority of electors picked him to be pope, in spite of Pope Felix's wishes that ...

(died 530), papal legate to Justinian I at Constantinople; later antipope * Dioscorus, Byzantine governor of Egypt c. 535 *

Dioscorus of Aphrodito Flavius Dioscorus () lived during the 6th century AD in the village of Aphrodito, Egypt, and therefore is called by modern scholars Dioscorus of Aphrodito. Although he was an Egyptian, he composed poetry in Greek, the lingua franca of the Easte ...

, poet and lawyer (died after 585) * Dioscoros,

Abuna Dioskoros (Aba Wolde Tensai) Abuna Dioskoros (born Woldetensae Gizaw: March 1919 – 26 March 1997), also called Aba Woldetensae, was the bishop of the dioceses of South West Shewa and Chebona Gurage diocese of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. A charity for the welf ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop and miracle worker (1919–1997) * Dioscoros,

Abune Dioskoros Abune Diosqoros (born Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera; 1935 – 21 December 2015) was the fourth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed in April 2007. Bishop Born in 1935, Dioskoros was consecrated as bishop of the Seraye distric ...

Eritrean Orthodox Bishop of Seraye, and claimed Patriarch of Eritrea (disputed) (1935–2015)

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