Philaret Amphiteatrov
Philaretos is a masculine Greek given name meaning "lover of virtue". Notable people with the name include: *Saint Philaretos, 8th-century Anatolian saint *Philaretos Brachamios (died c. 1087), Byzantine general of Armenian origin See also * Filaret (other) *Filarete Antonio di Pietro Aver(u)lino (; – ), known as Filarete (; from grc, φιλάρετος, meaning "lover of excellence"), was a Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor, medallist, and architectural theorist. He is perhaps best remembered for ...

Saint Philaretos
Saint Philaretos lived sometime in the early 8th century. Born in Paphlagonia, Philaretos was very rich and belonged to an illustrious local aristocratic family of Byzantine Anatolian magnates. According to the hagiography written by his grandson Niketas, Philaretos possessed unworldly generosity and gave away most of his wealth. It depicts Philaretos as a fool for Christ. The hagiography is also noteworthy for those studying the period. The lands of Paphlagonia, for example, are described as having been raided by the "Ishmaelites", attesting to the success of Islamic raids into Byzantine territory, as Paphlagonia is within a few days' ride of Constantinople. Furthermore, the work reveals the possible political undertones of Philaretos's canonization. Becoming a saint at the time required substantial investments, including a cult, churches built throughout imperial territory and a sustained endowment to continually petition the Church and Bishop synods to grant sainthood. Some hi ...
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Philaretos Brachamios
Philaretos Brachamios ( el, Φιλάρετος Βραχάμιος; Armenian: Փիլարտոս Վարաժնունի, Pilartos Varajnuni; la, Philaretus Brachamius) or Vahram Varajnuni was a distinguished Byzantine general and warlord of Armenian heritage, and for a time was a usurper against emperor Michael VII. Philaretos is attested on seals as ''taxiarches'' (commander of an infantry regiment), as well as ''protospatharios'' and ''topoteretes'' (deputy commander) of the Tagmata of Cappadocia, then as ''magistros'' and '' doux'' (duke), and finally as ''kouropalates'' and ''doux''. Career Philaretos is described by Michael the Syrian as having a "tough and robust character" while Matthew of Edessa saw him as a "lawless and most evil prince". Philaretos held a high command in the army of Romanus IV Diogenes. In 1069 he was given the command of the main Byzantine army that was protecting the frontier of Mesopotamia while Romanus participated in the siege of Akhlat. He was de ...
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Filaret (other)
Filaret (Philaret) is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a monastic name in the Orthodox Church. It may refer to: People * Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov) (1553-1633), patriarch of Moscow from 1612 to 1633, father of Tsar Michael I of Russia * Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (1782-1867), or Vasily Drozdov, patriarch of Moscow from 1821 to 1867 * Filaret Barbu (1903-1984), Romanian composer * Filaret Kolessa (1871-1947), Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, composer, musicologist and literary critic * Filaret Scriban (1811-1873), Romanian theologian * Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy since 1995 * Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk from 1978 to 2013 Other uses * Filaret Association, a Lithuanian political organization founded in 1820 by Tomasz Zan * Filaret Station, the first railway station in Romania, now a bus station; see History of Bucharest * Filaret, name of a hill and plain in Bucharest, where the Constituti ...
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