Dioscorus
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Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to:
- Dioscurus, father of Saint Barbara (3rd century).
- Dioscorus I, Patriarch of Alexandria 444—451.
- Dioscorus (died 530), papal legate to Justinian I at Constantinople; later antipope.
- Dioscorus II, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria, 516—517.
- Dioscoros, Byzantine governor of Egypt c. 535.
[edit] See also
- Castor and Polydeuces, known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology.