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Telesphorus (general) Telesphorus (in Greek Tελεσφόρoς; lived 4th century BC) was a nephew and a general in the service of Antigonus Monophthalmus, the king of Asia, who was sent by him in 312 BC, with a fleet of fifty ships and a considerable army to the Pelopon ...

, 4th century BC general in ancient Greece *

Pope Telesphorus Pope Telesphorus was the bishop of Rome from 126 to his death 137, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was of Greek ancestry and born in Terranova da Sibari, :it:Papa Telesforo Calabria, Italy. The Carmelites ve ...

(died c. 137), Catholic pope and Catholic and Orthodox saint *

Telesphorus of Cosenza Telesphorus of Cosenza (or ''Theophorus'', ''Theolophorus'') was a name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Western Schism. As an pseudonymous author of a Latin work ''Liber de magnis tribulationibus'', the name was attached ...

, a name assumed by a 14th century pseudo-prophet during the time of the Western Schism *

Telesphorus (mythology) In ancient Greek religion, Telesphorus (Greek: Τελεσφόρος ''Telesphoros'') was a minor child-god of healing. He was a possible son of Asclepius and frequently accompanied his sister Hygieia. He was depicted as a dwarf whose head was a ...

, an ancient Greek minor god

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