Theophilus
male given name
Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (theós, "God") and φιλία (philía, "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, Gottlieb in German and Bogomil or Bogumił in Slavic.
Theophilus may refer to:
People
Ancient rulers
Theophilos (emperor) (c. 812–842), Byzantine Emperor (reigned 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty
Theophilus (Indo-Greek) (fl. 130 or 90 BC), Indo-Greek king
Ancient and medieval authors
Theophilus (geographer), ancient Greek geographer
Theophilus (jurist) (fl. 533), one author of the Institutes of Justinian
Theophilus of Edessa (695–785), medieval astrologer and scholar
Theophilos Erotikos (10th century), Byzantine jurist and geometer
Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, author, metallurgist, artist and armourer — thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen
Theophilus Protospatharius, (c. 7th century), Byzantine medical writer
Artists
Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber
Theophilus Clarke (1776?–1831), English painter
Theophilos Hatzimihail (c. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos
Theofilos (film), a 1987 Greek film
Military
Theophilos Erotikos (fl. 1034–1042), Byzantine general and governor, rebel in Cyprus
Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate general in the American Civil War
Theophilos Kourkouas (920–970), Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor John I Tzimiskes
Theophilus Weeks (1708–1772), soldier in the French and Indian War
Musicians
Theophilus London (born 1987), Trinidadian-American vocalist
Theophilus Martins (born 1987), American rapper, DJ, and model
Politics
Theophilus Bradbury (1739–1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897–1973), Birmingham, Alabama's Commissioner of Public Safety during the American Civil Rights Movement
Theophilus Daniel (1817–1893), New Zealand politician
Theophilus Danjuma (born 1938), influential Nigerian soldier and politician
Theophilus Eaton (1590–1658), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584–1640), English nobleman and politician
Theophilus F. Metcalf (1816–1891), American farmer and politician
Theophilus Shepstone (1817–1893), British South African statesman
Theophilus Williams (1824–1904), mayor of Ballarat
Religious leaders
Theophilus (biblical), person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were addressed
Theophilus ben Ananus, High Priest of Israel.
Theophilus of Antioch (died c.
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