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People

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Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat (; alternatively spelled Jehosaphat, Josaphat, or Yehoshafat; ; el, Ἰωσαφάτ, Iosafát; la, Josaphat), according to 1 Kings 22:41, was the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, in succession to his father ...
, in the Bible, fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah * Josaphat, a Christian saint of India, appearing in the legend of
Barlaam and Josaphat Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are legendary Christian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, and tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian ...
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Giosafat Barbaro Giosafat Barbaro (also Giosaphat or Josaphat) (1413–1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer.
(1413–94), Venetian explorer and diplomat * Josephat T. Benoit (1900–76), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire *
Josaphat Celestin Josaphat J. Celestin, also known as Joe Celestin, is an American politician who served as the mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a ...
, Haitian-American politician, North Miami's first black mayor * Josaphat Chichkov, Bulgarian priest, rector and teacher *
J.-J. Gagnier Jean-Josaphat Gagnier (2 December 1885 – 16 September 1949) was a Canadian conducting, conductor, composer, clarinetist, bassoonist, pianist, arts administrator, and music educator. His compositional output mainly consists of works for orchestr ...
(Jean-Josaphat Gagnier), Canadian conductor, composer, and musician *
Josaphata Hordashevska Josaphata Hordashevska, born Michaelina Hordashevska (20 November 1869 – 7 April 1919) an ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholic in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Religious Sister, was the first member and co-foundress of the Sisters Servants of Mary ...
, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun * Blessed
Josaphat Kotsylovsky Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky ( uk, Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr. Kotsylovsky was born 3 March 1876 in the village of Pakoszowka (then Austria-Hungary, now Poland), of the ...
( uk, Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr *
Josaphat Kuntsevych Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM ( – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian monk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Catholic Church who on 12 November 1623 was killed by an angry mob in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian ...
(c.1580 – 1623), Belarusian martyr and saint of the Ruthenian Catholic Church *
Josaphat-Robert Large Josaphat-Robert Large (November 15, 1942 – October 28, 2017) was a Euro-Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic. His novel ''Les terres entourées de larmes'' hore surrounded with tearswon the prestigious Prix littéraire des Cara ...
, Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic *
Yuz Asaf Youza Asaf, Youza Asaph, Youza Asouph, Yuz Asaf, Yuzu Asaf, Yuzu Asif, or Yuzasaf, ( ur, ) are Arabic and Urdu variations of the name Josaphat, and are primarily connected with Christianized and Islamized versions of the life of the Buddha found ...
, a sage buried at Srinagar, Kashmir, whose name is interpreted as "Josaphat" by Christians * Israel Beer Josaphat, the birth name of
Paul Reuter Paul Julius Reuter (born Israel Beer Josaphat; 21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), later ennobled as Freiherr von Reuter (Baron von Reuter), was a German-born British entrepreneur who was a pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting.Josaphat (Metropolis) is a main character in Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' (1927 film)


Churches

* St. Josaphat Cathedral (disambiguation) * St. Josaphat's Church (disambiguation)


Other places

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Valley of Josaphat The Valley of Josaphat (variants: Valley of Jehoshaphat and Valley of Yehoshephat) is a Biblical place mentioned by name in the Book of Joel ( and ): "I will gather together all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: "Then ...
, mentioned in the biblical book of Joel *
Josaphat Park Josaphat Park (french: Parc Josaphat, nl, Josaphatpark) is a public park of located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium. The football stadium that was formerly used by the K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt lies on the north-western ...
, a public park located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels *
Planet Nine Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Its gravitational effects could explain the peculiar clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs), bodies beyond Neptune that orbit t ...
, which has been called by its original proponents: "Jehoshaphat", "George", and "Phattie".


Other uses

* ''Barlaam and Josaphat'' (book), several books dealing with the lives of Saints Barlaam and Josaphat *
Order of Saint Basil the Great The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...
, also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, monastic religious order of the Greek Catholic Church *
Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat The Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych (SSJK) is a society of traditionalist priests and seminarians originating from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church which is led by the excommunicated priest Basil Kovpak. It is based in Riasne ...
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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. Its episcopal see is Parma, Ohio. It was established in 1983 by Pope ...
, a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church


See also

* Jehoshaphat (disambiguation) {{disambiguation