Theotimos (Θεότιμος) is a Greek name, derived from ''theos'', meaning 'god', and ''timè'', meaning 'honour (or honourable) gift'. Its Latinized form is Theotimus.
''Theotimus'' is also the title of an
ascetical theological work by
Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales, Congregation of the Oratory, C.O., Order of Minims, O.M. (; ; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Savoyard state, Savoyard Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Geneva and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He became n ...
, which devotes the first six chapters on the love of God and the rest to mystical prayer.
People
*Theotimus, an
Eleian boxer. A statue at Olympia was made to honour him. His father, Moschion, accompanied
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
in his campaign to Asia.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Daetondas
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* Theotimus (790), a bishop of Crotone
The Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria in southern Italy, created in 1986 when it was combined with the Diocese of Santa Severina. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
in Italy
* Theotimos (d. 407), a bishop of Tomi
* Theotimus, from Arabia, one of the signatories of an assent to the Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed, also called the Creed of Constantinople, is the defining statement of belief of Nicene Christianity and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it.
The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of N ...
References
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*J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (a dictionary of first names in Dutch)
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