Procopius (Romans)
Procopius or Prokopios is a given name which may refer to: :''Ordered chronologically'' * Procopius of Scythopolis (died 303), Christian martyr and saint * Procopius (usurper) (326–366), Roman usurper * Procopius (magister militum) (), Roman general, descendant of the usurper and father of the Emperor Anthemius * Procopius Anthemius, Western Roman emperor 467–472 * Procopius of Gaza (c. 465–528), Christian rhetorician * Procopius Anthemius (emperor's son) (), Eastern Roman Empire consul, son of Emperor Procopius Anthemius * Procopius of Caesarea (c. 500–c. 565), Byzantine historian * Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), Bohemian canon, hermit and Catholic saint * Procopius of Ustyug (1243?—1303), fool for Christ (''yurodivy''), miracle worker and Russian Orthodox Church saint * Prokop the Great (c. 1380–1434), Czech Hussite general, also known as Procopius the Great or Andrew Procopius * Procopius I of Jerusalem (died 1788), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem * Procopius ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius Of Scythopolis
Procopius of Scythopolis (died 7 July AD 303) was a 4th century martyr who is venerated as a saint. He was a Reader (liturgy), reader and exorcist in the church at Skythopolis, Scythopolis; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudite theologian. Eusebius of Caesarea wrote of his martyrdom, which occurred during the Diocletianic Persecution, persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian, and stated that "he was born at Jerusalem, but had gone to live in Scythopolis, where he held three ecclesiastical offices. He was reader and interpreter in the Syriac language, and cured those possessed of evil spirits."Saints of July 8 Eusebius wrote that Procopius was sent with his companions from Scythopolis to Caesarea Maritima, where he was decapitated. Accounts Eusebius's account of Procopius's martyrdom also exists in me ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prokop The Great
Prokop the Great ( cs, Prokop Veliký, la, Procopius Magnus) or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven ( cz, Prokop Holý, link=no, ) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came from a German patrician family living in Prague. Initially, Prokop was a member of the Utraquists (the moderate wing of the Hussites) and was a married priest (having received the tonsure early in life) who belonged to an eminent, partly German-speaking family from Prague. He studied in Prague, and then traveled for several years in foreign countries. On his return to Bohemia, though a priest and continuing to officiate as such, he became the most prominent leader of the advanced Hussite or Taborite forces during the latter part of the Hussite Wars. He was not the immediate successor of Jan Žižka as leader of the Taborites, as has been frequently stated, but he commanded the forces of Tabor when they obtain ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint Procopius (other) , Lisle, Illinois, United States
** St. Procopius Abbey, Chicago, Illinois, whose monks founded the college
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Saint Procopius may refer to: People * Procopius of Scythopolis (died 303), Christian martyr and saint * Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), Bohemian canon and hermit * Procopius of Ustyug (1243?—1303), fool for Christ (''yurodivy''), miracle worker and Russian Orthodox Church saint Churches * St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč, Czech Republic * Saint Procopius Church of Tirana, Albania * St. Procopius Church, Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic Other uses * St. Procopius College, original name of Benedictine University Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The institu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prokopios Pavlopoulos
Prokopios Pavlopoulos ( el, Προκόπιος Παυλόπουλος, ; born 10 July 1950), commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης), is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020, who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece. Academic career Prokopis Pavlopoulos was born in KalamataBiography on Greek Parliament website to high school principal and classics teacher Vasilios Pavlopoulos and grew up in the same city. After finishing school in his home town, he entered the Law School of the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prokopios Lazaridis
Prokopios Lazaridis ( el, Προκόπιος Λαζαρίδης, 1859–1923) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, who served as a head in a number of bishoprics during the late Ottoman period. As a bishop of Iconium, modern Konya, in central Anatolia, he was involved with the issue of the creation of the Turkish Orthodox Church. He died in Turkish prison in 1923. He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church as Hieromartyr ( el, ιερομάρτυρας) and his feast day is celebrated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross each year (September 7–13). Life Prokopios Lazaridis was born in Tyana, in Konya Province in 1859. He attended the Halki Seminary in Constantinople (Istanbul) at 1875. In 1899 he became Metropolitan of Dyrrachium (modern Durrës in central Albania), where he developed significant activity among the local Orthodox communities. In 1906 he was installed in the Anatolian city of Philadelphia (Alaşehir, Asia Minor), as the head of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius II Of Jerusalem
Procopius II (died 1880) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem , image = , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = , type = , main_classification = , orientation = , scripture = ... (December 28, 1872 – 1875). 1880 deaths 19th-century Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius Of Constantinople
Procopius (Greek: Προκόπιος), original surname Pelekasis (Greek: Πελεκάσης), (1734 – 1803 or 1804) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1785-1789. Biography Procopius was born in Sitsova of Messenia in 1734. When he was 12 years old, he followed his older brother, Neophytus, metropolitan bishop of Ganos and Chora (Eastern Thrace), who helped him finish basic education. Later, he ordained him deacon and presbyter, and when he died in 1759, Procopius succeeded him, after request of the people of the metropolis. He remained in this metropolis for 11 years, until 1770, when he was transferred to the Metropolis of Smyrna, which he managed to pacify after the disruption caused by his predecessor, Kallinikos. Procopius ordained Georgios Angelopoulos deacon and even made him protosyncellus of the metropolis; Angelopoulos would go on to become a Patriarch and a Saint, under the name of Gregory V. During his reign, many churches were b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius I Of Jerusalem
Procopius I (died 1788) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem , image = , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = , type = , main_classification = , orientation = , scripture = ... (1787 – November 3, 1788). 1788 deaths 18th-century Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem Year of birth unknown {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius Of Ustyug
Procopius of Ustyug (russian: Прокопий Устюжский ''or'' Святой Прокопий Любекский, german: Prokop(ius) von Ustjug und Lübeck; 1243? — in Veliky Ustyug) was a fool for Christ (''yurodivy''), a miracle worker, saint of Russian Orthodox Church, formerly a merchant from Lübeck. He was born in Germany, a Roman Catholic merchant who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity during his travels. Though he is sometimes identified as one ''Jacob Potharst'', son of a Lübeck merchant, Procopius' worldly name, surname, date and place of birth are not reliably determined. In 1818 the universal celebration of the saint was established. St. Procopius lived as ''yurodivy'' (russian: юродивый) for 60 years. In 1290 he predicted the fall of meteorite near Veliky Ustyug, as well as tornado and conflagration A conflagration is a large fire. Conflagrations often damage human life, animal life, health, and/or property. A conflagration can begin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius (usurper)
Procopius (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος) (c. 325/326 – 27 May 366 AD) was a Roman usurper against Valens, and a member of the Constantinian dynasty. Life Procopius was a native of Cilicia born in Corycus. On his mother's side, Procopius was a Greek, a maternal cousin, to Emperor Julian, since their maternal grandfather was Julius Julianus. His first wife was probably Artemisia, having married secondly the dowager Empress Faustina, while the Roman general of the 5th century Procopius and his son, the Emperor Anthemius, were among his descendants, the first being the son of his son Procopius. In 358, during the reign of Constantius II, he was sent with Lucillianus as an envoy to the Sassanid court; in this period he was ''tribunus'' and ''notarius''.Ammianus Marcellinus, XXVI.6.1. Procopius entered Julian's retinue and took part in his campaign against the Sassanids in 363. Together with Sebastianus he was entrusted with controlling the upper Tigris with 30,000 men a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius Of Sázava
Saint Procopius of Sázava ( la, Procopius Sazavensis, cs, Prokop Sázavský; died 25 March 1053) was a Czech canon and hermit, canonized as a saint of the Catholic church in 1204. Life Little about his life is known with certainty. According to hagiographical tradition, he was born in 970, in a Central Bohemian village of Chotouň near Kouřim. He studied in Prague and was ordained there. He was married and had a son, called Jimram (Emmeram), but later entered the Benedictine order, presumably at Břevnov Monastery, and eventually retired to the wilderness as a hermit, living in a cave on the banks of Sázava River, where over time he attracted a group of fellow hermits. The community of hermits was incorporated as a Benedictine monastery by the duke of Bohemia in 1032/3, now known as Sázava Monastery, or St Procopius Monastery, where he served as the first abbot for the span of twenty years until his death. Veneration Local veneration of Procopius as a saint is recorded for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procopius Of Caesarea
Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal Roman historian of the 6th century, writing the ''History of the Wars'', the ''Buildings'', and the ''Secret History''. Life Apart from his own writings the main source for Procopius's life was an entry in the ''Suda'',Suda pi.2479. See under 'Procopius' oSuda On Line a Byzantine Greek encyclopaedia written sometime after 975 which discusses his early life. He was a native of Caesarea in the province of ''Palaestina Prima''. He would have received a conventional upper class education in the Greek classics and rhetoric, perhaps at the famous school at Gaza. He may have attended law school, possibly at Berytus (present-day Beirut) or Constantinople (now Istanbul), a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |