Josaphat can refer to:
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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
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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
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Josephat T. Benoit
Josephat T. Benoit (March 3, 1900 – May 14, 1976) was a Canadian-born American journalist and politician who served as the 41st mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, from 1944 to 1961. A New Deal Democrat, he held that office for a record n ...
(1900–76), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
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Josaphat Celestin, Haitian-American politician, North Miami's first black mayor
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Josaphat Chichkov
Robert-Matthew Chichkov (9 February 1884 – 11 November 1952) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was a priest, rector and teacher who was sentenced to death in the early 1950s.
He came from a large and fervent Latin rite Catholic family. He entered the Assump ...
, Bulgarian priest, rector and teacher
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J.-J. Gagnier (Jean-Josaphat Gagnier), Canadian conductor, composer, and musician
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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
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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
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Josaphat Kuntsevych (c.1580 – 1623), Belarusian martyr and saint of the Ruthenian Catholic Church
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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
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Yuz Asaf, 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)
Josaphat can refer to:
People
* Jehoshaphat, in the Bible, fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah
* Josaphat, a Christian saint of India, appearing in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat
* Giosafat Barbaro (1413–94), Venetian explorer and diploma ...]
is a main character in Fritz Lang's
''Metropolis'' (1927 film)
Churches
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St. Josaphat Cathedral (disambiguation)
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St. Josaphat's Church (disambiguation)
Other places
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Valley of Josaphat, mentioned in the biblical book of Joel
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Josaphat Park, a public park located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels
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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
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''Barlaam and Josaphat'' (book), several books dealing with the lives of Saints Barlaam and Josaphat
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Order of Saint Basil the Great, also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, monastic religious order of the Greek Catholic Church
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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
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Jehoshaphat (disambiguation)
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