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Rufus and Zosimus Saints Rufus and Zosimus (died 107 AD) are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. They lived in Antioch and were martyred with Saint Ignatius of Antioch during the persecution of Christians ...

(died 107), Christian saints *

Zosimus (martyr) Zosimus (Greek: Ζωσιμος) was a Christian martyr who was executed in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy, during the reign of Emperor Trajan Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. ...

(died 110), Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy *

Zosimos of Panopolis Zosimos of Panopolis ( el, Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was a Greco-Egyptian alchemist and Gnostic mystic who lived at the end of the 3rd and beginning ...

, also known as ''Zosimus Alchemista'', 3rd-century alchemist *

Zosimus the Hermit Zosimus the Hermit was an ascetic who resided in the wilds of Cilicia and Palestine in the 3rd century AD. Zosimus was tortured during the persecution of the Church under Roman Emperor Diocletian but persevered in his Christian faith. After bei ...

, 3rd-century Christian ascetic * Zosimus, bishop of Naples, – *

Zosimas of Palestine Zosimas of Palestine ( el, Ζωσιμᾶς) (Palestinian Arabic: زوسيموس الفلسطيني), is commemorated as a Palestinian saint. His feast day is on the 4 of April. Biography Zosimas was born in the second half of the fifth centu ...

( – ), Eastern Orthodox saint *

Zosimas of Solovki Zosimas of Solovki (russian: Зосима Соловецкий, died 1478) was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia. The origin of Zosima is not exactly clear. ...

(died 1478), Russian Orthodox saint, founder of

Solovetsky Monastery The Solovetsky Monastery ( rus, Солове́цкий монасты́рь, p=səlɐˈvʲɛtskʲɪj mənɐˈstɨrʲ) is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia. It was one of the largest Chris ...

Pope Zosimus Pope Zosimus was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death on 26 December 418. He was born in Mesoraca, Calabria. Zosimus took a decided part in the protracted dispute in Gaul as to the jurisdiction of the See of Arles over that of Vien ...

(died 418), born in Mesoraca, Calabria, who reigned from 417 to his death in 418 *

Zosimus (historian) Zosimus ( grc-gre, Ζώσιμος ; 490s–510s) was a Greek historian who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I (491–518). According to Photius, he was a ''comes'', and held the office of "advoc ...

, 5th-century Byzantine historian * Zosimos of Samosata, mosaicist at Zeugma * Zosimus, 5th-century hermit who discovered

Mary of Egypt Mary of Egypt ( cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ; ; c. 344 – c. 421) is an Egyptian saint, highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. The Catholic Church commemorates her ...

in the desert * Zosimus the Epigrammist in ''

Anthologia Graeca The ''Greek Anthology'' ( la, Anthologia Graeca) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ''Greek Anthology'' comes from two manuscripts, the ''Pa ...

'' * John Zosimus (Ioane-Zosime), 10th-century Georgian monk and hymnist *

Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow Zosimus the Bearded (''Зосима Брадатый'' in Russian) (died 1494) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1490 to 1494. He was the fifth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of ...

(died 1494), Metropolitan of Moscow and Russia from 1490, author of the Third Rome conception * Zosimo Paredes (born 1948), Filipino politician * Zosima, character in the novel ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...

'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Biology

* ''Zosimus'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae * ''Zosima'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae

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