Dioscorus

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Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to:

  • Theodore, Philippa, and Companions
    (including Dioscorus), 3rd-century martyr and saint
  • Dioscurus, father of Saint Barbara (3rd century)
  • Dioscorus (consul 442), Roman consul in 442
  • Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope of Alexandria deposed at Chalcedon for his leadership at the Second Council of Ephesus (444–454)
  • Pope Dioscorus II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope of Alexandria (516–517)
  • Antipope Dioscorus (died 530), papal legate to Justinian I at Constantinople; later antipope
  • Dioscoros, Byzantine governor of Egypt c. 535
  • Dioscorus of Aphrodito, poet and lawyer (died after 585)
  • Dioscoros,
    Abuna Dioskoros (Aba Wolde Tensai)
    Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop and miracle worker (1919–1997)
  • Dioscoros, Abune Dioskoros Eritrean Orthodox Bishop of Seraye, and claimed Patriarch of Eritrea (disputed) (1935–2015)

See also

  • Castor and Polydeuces
    , known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology