Didymus
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Didymus may refer to:
- Thomas the ApostleThomas the ApostleThomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...
or "Didymus", both names meaning "twin" in Aramaic and Greek respectively, is the most well-known Didymus due to his role in early Christian history - Didymus ChalcenterusDidymus ChalcenterusDidymus Chalcenterus , ca. 63 BCE to 10 CE, was a Hellenistic Greek scholar and grammarian who flourished in the time of Cicero and Augustus.- Life :...
(ca. 63 BCE – 10 CE), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian - Didymus the BlindDidymus the BlindDidymus the Blind was a Coptic Church theologian of Alexandria, whose famous Catechetical School he led for about half a century. He became blind at a very young age, and therefore ignorant of the rudiments of learning...
(313 – 398), ecclesiastical writer of Alexandria - Didymus the MusicianDidymus the MusicianDidymus the Musician was a music theorist in Rome of the end of the 1st century BC or beginning of the 1st century AD, who combined elements of earlier theoretical approaches with an appreciation of the aspect of performance...
, music theorist in Alexandria of the 1st century AD - Didymus (musician), the pseudonym for Richard "Didymus" Washington, a percussionist who worked with Dr. JohnDr. JohnMalcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
and contributed to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street album, most notably on the song "Sweet Black AngelSweet Black Angel"Sweet Black Angel" is a song by The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1972 album Exile on Main St. It was also released on single as the b-side to "Tumbling Dice" prior to the album....
". - Theodora and DidymusTheodora and DidymusSaints Theodora and Didymus are Christian saints whose legend is based on a 4th century acta and the word of Saint Ambrose. This story is probably at least partially fictitious...
, 4th century Christian saints - Didymus MutasaDidymus MutasaDidymus Noel Edwin Mutasa is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and as the Secretary for Administration of ZANU-PF.-Family background:...
, Minister of National Security in Zimbabwe - Leptodactylus didymusLeptodactylus didymusLeptodactylus didymus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former...
, a species of frog in Bolivia and Peru - A member of the House of TheodosiusTheodosian dynastyThe Theodosian dynasty was a Roman family that rose to eminence in the waning days of the Roman Empire.-History:Its founding father was Flavius Theodosius , a great general who had saved Britannia from the Great Conspiracy...
and distant relative of the Roman emperor Flavius Augustus HonoriusHonorius (emperor)Honorius , was Western Roman Emperor from 395 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the eastern emperor Arcadius....
, of whom little is known. - Sir Didymus, a fictional character from the movie Labyrinth.
- The Didymus Contingency, a science fiction novel by Jeremy RobinsonJeremy RobinsonJeremy Robinson is a writer of adventure and sci-fi novels. He is also the author of the non-fiction title, The Screenplay Workbook .-Life:Robinson was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he lived until he was 20...
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