Anthimus

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Anthimus, also spelled Anthimos, Anthinos or Anthinus, is a Greek name for males. In Italian and Spanish, the name is rendered as Antimo.

The name may refer to:

• Anthimus of Arezzo, saint and martyr
• Anthimus of Nicomedia, bishop and martyr who died during a persecution in the early 4th century
• Anthimus of Rome, saint, priest and martyr who died during the persecutions of Diocletian (4th century)
• Anthimus of Tyana, bishop in AD 372; at times an opponent of Basil of Caesarea.
• Anthimus, a Greek doctor at the court of Theodoric the Great and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods").
• Anthimos of Cephalonia
• Anthimos Gazis, a hero of the Greek War of Independence
• Anthimos (Roussos), Metropolitan of Alexandroupoli
• Anthimus of Naples, Anthimus or Anthemus, the Duke of Naples for from 801 until around 818

Anthimus is the name of seven Patriarchs of Constantinople:

• Patriarch Anthimus I of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus II of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus III of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus IV of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus V of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople
• Patriarch Anthimus VII of Constantinople