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Rufus and Zosimus Rufus and Zosimus (died 107 AD) are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. They lived in Antioch and were martyred with Ignatius of Antioch during the persecution of Christians under the R ...

(died 107), Christian saints *

Zosimus (martyr) Zosimus (Greek: Ζωσιμος) was a Christian martyr who was executed in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy, during the reign of Emperor Trajan Trajan ( ; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, r ...

(died 110), Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy *

Zosimos of Panopolis Zosimos of Panopolis (; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic. He was born in Panopolis (present day Akhmim, in the south of Roman Egypt), and likely flourished ca. 3 ...

, also known as ''Zosimus Alchemista'', 3rd-century alchemist *

Zosimus the Hermit Zosimus the Hermit was an ascetic who resided in the wilds of Cilicia and Palestine in the 3rd century AD. Zosimus was tortured during the Diocletianic Persecution of the Church under Roman emperor Diocletian but persevered in his Christian fait ...

, 3rd-century Christian ascetic * Zosimus,

bishop of Naples The Archdiocese of Naples () is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10 ...

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Zosimas of Palestine Zosimas of Palestine (; ), is commemorated as a Palestinian saint. His feast day is on 4 April. Biography Zosimas was born in the second half of the fifth century, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II. He became a monk in a monastery in ...

( – ), Eastern Orthodox saint *

Zosimus (historian) Zosimus ( ; 490s–510s) was a Greek historian who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I (491–518). According to Photius, he was a ''comes'', and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial tre ...

(c. 490–510) 5th-century Byzantine historian *

Pope Zosimus Pope Zosimus was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death on 26 December 418. He was born in Mesoraca, Calabria. Zosimus took a decided part in the protracted dispute in Gaul as to the jurisdiction of the See of Arles over that of Vienne ...

(died 418), born in Mesoraca, Calabria, who reigned from 417 to his death in 418 * Zosimos of Samosata, mosaicist at Zeugma *

Zosimus Zosimus, Zosimos, Zosima or Zosimas may refer to: People * * Rufus and Zosimus (died 107), Christian saints * Zosimus (martyr) (died 110), Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy * Zosimos of Panopolis, also known as ''Zosimus Alch ...

, 5th-century hermit who discovered

Mary of Egypt Mary of Egypt (; ; ; Amharic/Geʽez, Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Grazers (Christianity), grazer saint dwelling in Palestine (region), Palestine during late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is ...

in the desert * Zosimus the Epigrammist in ''

Anthologia Graeca The ''Greek Anthology'' () is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical Greece, Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ''Greek Anthology'' comes from two manuscripts, the ''Palatine ...

'' * John Zosimus (Ioane-Zosime), 10th-century Georgian monk and hymnist *

Zosimus (bishop of Várad) Zosimus (; died after 1265) was a Hungarian prelate in the mid-13th century, who served as Bishop of Várad (present-day Oradea, Romania) from 1259 to 1265. Career Zosimus originated from a noble family which possessed lands in Somogy County. H ...

(died c. 1265), 13th-century Hungarian prelate *

Zosimas of Solovki Zosimas of Solovki (; died 1478) was a Russian hermit. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, which was established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia. He is venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodo ...

(died 1478), Russian Orthodox saint, founder of

Solovetsky Monastery The Solovetsky Monastery (, ) is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia. It was one of the largest Christian citadels in northern Russia before it was converted into a Soviet Union, Soviet pris ...

Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow Zosimus the Bearded (; died 1494) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1490 to 1494. He was the fifth metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of ...

(died 1494), Metropolitan of Moscow and Russia from 1490, author of the Third Rome conception * Michael J. Moran (died 1846), Irish street entertainer and poet, popularly known as Zozimus * Zosima, character in the 1880 novel ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' ( rus, Братья Карамазовы, Brat'ya Karamazovy, ˈbratʲjə kərɐˈmazəvɨ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly ...

'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky * Zosimo Paredes (born 1948), Filipino politician

Biology

* ''Zosimus'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae * ''Zosima'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae

People

Biology

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