Theoctistus or Theoktistos () is a Greek name derived from θεος ''theos'', "god", and κτίσμα ''ktisma'', "creation, edifice, foundation", the resulting combination being translated to "creation of God", "godly creation".
Theoctistus or Theoktistos can refer to, chronologically:
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Theoctistus of Caesarea (2nd-3rd centuries), bishop; see
Origen
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*Theoctistus of Alexandria (3rd century), a sea captain, martyr, saint, and companion of
Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250) were Christian martyrs put to death under Decius in 250.
Faustus was a priest, Abibus was a deacon, and Dionysius was a lector. They were executed with several others, who include:
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(martyred 250)
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Theoctistus of Palestine Venerable Theoctistus/Theoktistos of Palestine, also Abba Theoktistus/Theoktistos (died 451), was an associate of Euthymius the Great. He was an ascetic who lived in a cell at the Pharan lavra, not far from the main monastery established by Euthym ...
(died 451 or 467), aka Venerable Theoctistus (Theoktistos) of Palestine, Byzantine monk, hermit and Orthodox saint, active in Palestine, companion of
Saint Euthymius the Great with whom he established a
monastery
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, commemorated on September 3
*Monk Theoktistos (died 800), the
hegumen
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of Sicilian Kucuma, commemorated as an
Eastern Orthodox
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saint.
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Theoktistos (magistros) (
fl.
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802–821), senior Byzantine official
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Theoctistus of Naples Theoctistus () was the Duke of Naples during an ill-recorded period in its history. His reign began sometime around 818 and lasted until 821.
On the death of Anthimus, a war of succession broke out in Naples on account of the number of pretenders ...
, Duke of Naples in 818-821
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Theoktistos Bryennios (fl. ca. 842), Byzantine general
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Theoktistos
Theoktistos or Theoctistus (; died 20 November 855) was a leading Byzantine official during the second quarter of the 9th century and the ''de facto'' head of the regency for the underage emperor Michael III from 842 until his dismissal and ...
, chief minister and regent of the Byzantine Empire from 842 to 855
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Theoktistos the Stoudite, 14th-century Byzantine ecclesiastical writer
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Teoctist I of Moldavia (ca. 1410 – 1477), Metropolitan of Moldavia from 1453 to 1477
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Teoctist Arăpaşu (born Toader Arăpaşu; 1915–2007), Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007
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Teoctist Blajevici (1807–1879), Metropolitan of Bukovina and Dalmatia
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