Theophylact or Theophylactus (
Latin
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: ''Theophylactus;''
Greek: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to:
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Theophylact Simocatta (7th century), Byzantine author and historian
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Theophylactus (Exarch) Theophylact ( la, Theofilactus or ''Theophylactus''; grc-gre, Θεοφύλακτος, Theophúlaktos) was Exarch of Ravenna from 701 or 702 to 709, succeeding John II Platinus.
According to T.S. Brown, the garrison of Ravenna made an attempt on ...
(died 710), Exarch of Ravenna
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Patriarch Theophylactus of Alexandria
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certain ...
(7th–8th centuries), coadjutor Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
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Theophylact of Antioch Theophylact or Theophylactus (Latin: ''Theophylactus;'' Koine Greek, Greek: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to:
* Theophylact Simocatta (7th century), Byzantine author and historian
* Theophylactus (Exarch) (di ...
(8th century),
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
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Archdeacon Theophylact Theophylact was an archdeacon of the Roman Church. After the death of Pope Stephen II in 757, a faction wanted to place him on the Holy See, but the majority chose the deceased Pope's brother Paul as successor. Theophylact remained in the papal ser ...
(8th century), archdeacon of the Roman Church
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Peter of Atroa or Theophylact (773–837)
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Theophylact Rhangabe (8th century), Byzantine admiral
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Theophylact (son of Michael I)
Theophylact, also called Theophylaktos ( el, Θεοφύλακτος; – 15 January 849), was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe () and grandson, on his mother's side, of Nikephoros I (). He was junior co-emperor ...
(793–849), Byzantine co-emperor
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Theophylact of Nicomedia
Theophylact or Theophylaktos (d. 845 AD) became bishop of Nicomedia in Asia Minor following the Iconoclastic Controversy of the eighth century.
He was well known for having built churches, hospices, and homes for wanderers. He generously distribut ...
(died 845), Bishop of Nicomedia
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Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (9th–10th centuries)
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Theophylact of Constantinople (917–956), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Theophylact Dalassenos Theophylact Dalassenos ( el, Θεοφύλακτος Δαλασσηνός; born before c. 990 – after 1039) was a Byzantine aristocrat who occupied a series of senior military positions in the 11th century.
Life
Theophylact was the son of Damia ...
(10th–11th centuries)
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Theophylact Botaneiates Theophylact Botaneiates ( el, Θεοφύλακτος Βοτανειάτης, ''Theophylaktos Botaneiates'') was an 11th-century Byzantine general and governor of Thessalonica.
Life
Theophylact Botaneiates is only mentioned in the history of John ...
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died 1014)
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Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Benedict VIII ( la, Benedictus VIII; c. 980 – 9 April 1024) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until his death. He was born Theophylact to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieva ...
or Theophylactus (died 1024)
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Pope Benedict IX
Pope Benedict IX ( la, Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048. Aged approximately 20 at his first ele ...
or Theophylactus (11th century)
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Theophylact of Ohrid (died c. 1107), Archbishop of Ohrid and biblical commentator
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Theophylaktos (died 1958) Theophylact or Theophylactus (Latin: ''Theophylactus;'' Greek: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to:
* Theophylact Simocatta (7th century), Byzantine author and historian
* Theophylactus (Exarch) (died 710), Exar ...
, Metropolitan of Australia; see
List of 20th-century religious leaders
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