Theophilus
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Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God," i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name Amadeus
which originates from Latin. Theophilus may refer to:
Amadeus (disambiguation)
Amadeus is a Latin name meaning "lover of God", "loves God", or more correctly "for the love of God"...
which originates from Latin. Theophilus may refer to:
Arts
- Theophilus PresbyterTheophilus PresbyterTheophilus Presbyter is the pseudonymous author or compiler ofa Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts, a text commonly known as the Schedula diversarum artium or De diversis artibus , probably first compiled between 1100 and 1120...
— (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, and author of the best-known medieval "how-to" guide to several arts, including oil painting - thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen - Teófilo BragaTeófilo BragaJoaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga ]] 24 February 1843 – 28 January 1924) was a Portuguese writer, playwright, politician and the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the abdication of King Manuel II, as well as the second elected President of the First Portuguese Republic, following...
- Theophilus CibberTheophilus CibberTheophilus Cibber was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.He began acting at an early age, and followed his father into theatrical management. In 1727, Alexander Pope satirized Theophilus Cibber in his Dunciad as a youth who "thrusts his person full...
— (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber - Theophilos HatzimihailTheophilos HatzimihailTheophilos Hatzimihail , known simply as Theophilos, was a major folk painter of Neo-Hellenic art...
— (ca. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- 18th century composer whose baptismal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Fictitious
- Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, a character created by Lenny HenryLenny HenryLenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...
- Professor Theophilus Branestawm, the protagonist of the Professor BranestawmProfessor BranestawmProfessor Branestawm is a series of thirteen books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Written over a 50 year period, between 1933 and 1983, the children's books feature as protagonist the eponymous inventor, Professor Theophilus Branestawm, who is depicted throughout the books as the...
series of children's books - Theophilus Msimangu, a character in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved CountryCry, The Beloved CountryCry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York City in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there...
. - Theophilus Toad, a character based from 'Wind in the Willows' used in Counselling for Toads by Robert de Board.
Historical
- Theophilus (geographer)Theophilus (geographer)Theophilus or Theophilos was a historian and geographer, if at least the passages about to be quoted refer to one and the same person. He is mentioned by Josephus among those writers, who had noticed the Jews...
— ancient Greek geographer - Theophilos (king)Theophilos (king)Theophilos was a minor Indo-Greek king who ruled for a short time in the Paropamisadae. He was possibly a relative of Zoilos I and is only known from coins. It is possible that some of Theophilos' coins in fact belong to another ruler, in Greek Bactria, during approximately the same period.-Time of...
— Indo-Greek king who ruled c. 90 BC - Theophilus (Biblical)Theophilus (Biblical)Theophilus is the name or honorary title of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed...
is the name of a person or an honorary title to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles is addressed - Theophilus ProtospathariusTheophilus ProtospathariusTheophilus Protospatharius , the author of several Greek medical works, which are still extant, and of which it is not quite certain whether some do not belong to Philaretus and Philotheus. Every thing connected with his titles, the events of his life, and the time when he lived, is uncertain...
— (c. 7th century), Byzantine medical writer - Theophilos (emperor)Theophilos (emperor)Theophilos was the Byzantine emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Phrygian dynasty, and the last emperor supporting iconoclasm...
— (813–842), Byzantine Emperor (r. 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty - Theophilus of EdessaTheophilus of EdessaTheophilus of Edessa , also known as Theophilus ibn Tuma and Thawafil, was a Greek medieval astrologer and scholar in Mesopotamia...
— (695–785), medieval astrologer and scholar - Theophilos Erotikos (10th century)Theophilos Erotikos (10th century)Theophilos Erotikos was a 10th-century Byzantine scholar and official. Under Romanos I Lekapenos , he served as Eparch of Constantinople and teacher of geometry at the University of Constantinople. On the assumption of sole rule by Constantine VII in 945, he was promoted to the rank of patrikios...
— Byzantine jurist and geometer
Politics
- Teófilo BorundaTeófilo BorundaTeófilo Borunda Ortiz was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, was Governor of Chihuahua from 1956 to 1962, Senator and Federal Deputy....
- Theophilus BradburyTheophilus BradburyTheophilus Bradbury was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts...
— (1739–1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts - Theophilus DanjumaTheophilus DanjumaGeneral Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma GCON FSS psc is a Nigerian Jukun soldier, politician and billionaire businessman. He was Nigerian Army Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1979. He was formerly Minister of Defence under Olusegun Obasanjo...
, influential Nigerian soldier and politician - William Theophilus DortchWilliam Theophilus DortchWilliam Theophilus Dortch was a prominent North Carolina and Confederate States of America politician and lawyer.Dortch was born near Rocky Mount, North Carolina...
— (1824–1889), prominent Confederate politician - Theophilus EatonTheophilus EatonTheophilus Eaton was a merchant, farmer, and Puritan colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut.-Early life and first marriage:...
— (1590–1658), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
— (1584–1640), English nobleman and politician - Theophilus ShepstoneTheophilus Shepstonethumb|Theophilus ShepstoneSir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.-Early life:...
— (1817–1893), British South African statesman
Military
- Theophilos KourkouasTheophilos KourkouasTheophilos Kourkouas was a distinguished Byzantine general in the 10th century. He was also the grandfather of the Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes ....
, distinguished 10th-century Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor John I Tzimiskes - Theophilos ErotikosTheophilos ErotikosTheophilos Erotikos was an 11th-century Byzantine general, and governor in Serbia and Cyprus, where he led a short-lived rebellion in 1042.-Serbian revolts:...
, Byzantine general and governor, rebel in Cyprus in 1042 - Theophilus H. HolmesTheophilus H. HolmesTheophilus Hunter Holmes was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate Lieutenant General in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
— (1804–1880), career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War - Theophilus WeeksTheophilus WeeksTheophilus Weeks was an early settler in the British colony of Province of North Carolina. He served as a soldier in the French and Indian War, and he was the founder of the town of Swansboro, North Carolina...
— (1708–1772), soldier in the French and Indian War
Religious
- Theophilus of AntiochTheophilus of AntiochTheophilus, Patriarch of Antioch, succeeded Eros c. 169, and was succeeded by Maximus I c.183, according to Henry Fynes Clinton, but these dates are only approximations...
— (c. 163–182), early Christian patriarch - Theophilus, bishop of CaesareaTheophilus, bishop of CaesareaSaint Theophilus was bishop of Caesarea Palaestina. He is known for his opposition to the Quartodecimans. He is commemorated on 5 March.-External links:**...
— (d. 195) - Theophilos the IndianTheophilos the IndianTheophilos the Indian , also called "The Ethiopian", was an Arian bishop who was alternately in and out of favor with the court of the Roman emperor Constantius II. Originally from the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean, he came to the court of Constantine I as a young man and was ordained a...
- (d. 364) Arian bishop, also called "The Ethiopian", probably from the Maldive Islands - Pope Theophilus of Alexandria — (d. 412) Patriarch of Alexandria
- Theophilus of AdanaTheophilus of AdanaSaint Theophilus the Penitent or Theophilus of Adana was a cleric in the sixth century Church who is said to have made a deal with the devil to gain an ecclesiastical position. His story is significant as it is the oldest story of a pact with the Devil and was an inspiration for the Faust legend...
— (d. c. 538) bishop who made a pact with the devil - Pope Theophilus II of AlexandriaPope Theophilus II of AlexandriaPope Theophilus II of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark ....
— Coptic Pope of Alexandria (953–956) and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark - Theophilus PresbyterTheophilus PresbyterTheophilus Presbyter is the pseudonymous author or compiler ofa Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts, a text commonly known as the Schedula diversarum artium or De diversis artibus , probably first compiled between 1100 and 1120...
— (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, author, metallurgist, artist and armourer - thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen - Theophilus GaleTheophilus GaleTheophilus Gale was an English educationalist, nonconformist and theologian of dissent.-Early life:Gale was born at Kingsteignton, Devon, the son of Bridget Gale and Theophilus Gale D. D....
— (1628–1678), English nonconformist divine - Theophilus LindseyTheophilus LindseyTheophilus Lindsey was an English theologian and clergyman who founded the first avowedly Unitarian congregation in the country, at Essex Street Chapel.-Life:...
— (1723–1808), English theologian - Patriarch Theofilos III of Jerusalem — current patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
- Theophilus, martyr and saint (see Dorothea of CaesareaDorothea of CaesareaSaint Dorothy is a 4th century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution, although her death occurred after the resignation of Diocletian himself...
) - Theophilus of Kiev, a monk and saint — see Abraham and Onesimus of KievAbraham and Onesimus of KievAbraham and Onesimus of Kiev were monks of Kiev.They, with several others, have a feast day at the Kiev Caves monastery on the Saturday after September 14.The others commemorated on that day include:*Alexius of Kiev,*Helladius of Kiev,*Sisoes of Kiev,...
Others
- Theophilus CarterTheophilus CarterTheophilus Carter was an eccentric British inventor and furniture dealer most famous for his combination of an alarm clock and a bed, and thought to be an inspiration for the illustration by Sir John Tenniel of Lewis Carroll's characters the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Hatta...
, British inventor and furniture dealer - Theophilus CazenoveTheophilus CazenoveTheophilus Cazenove, or Theophile Cazenove , was a financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company.- Life and career :...
— (1740–1811), financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company - John Theophilus DesaguliersJohn Theophilus DesaguliersJohn Theophilus Desaguliers was a natural philosopher born in France. He was a member of the Royal Society of London beginning 29 July 1714. He was presented with the Royal Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, in 1734, 1736 and 1741, with the 1741 award being for his discovery of the...
— (1683–1744), natural philosopher born in France
Other
- Theophilus (comic strip)Theophilus (comic strip)Theophilus was a religious comic strip founded by illustrator Bob West that was syndicated from February 6, 1966 through April 19, 2002. The strip primarily ran in church newsletters and related publications, but has also run online, appeared in newspapers, been translated into Spanish and French,...
was a religious comic strip from 1966–2002 - Theofilos (film)Theofilos (film)Theofilos is a 1987 Greek drama film directed by Lakis Papastathis on the life of the Greek painter Theofilos Hatzimichail. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Dimitris Katalifos as Theofilos Hatzimichail...
, a 1987 Greek film