Dioscorus

Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to:

• Pope Dioscorus the Great, Coptic Pope of Alexandria (444—454).
• Pope Dioscorus II, Coptic Pope of Alexandria (516—517).
• Dioscorus, 3rd century martyr and saint
• Dioscurus, father of Saint Barbara (3rd century).
• Dioscorus (consul 442), Roman consul in 442
• Dioscorus (died 530), papal legate to Justinian I at Constantinople; later antipope.
• Dioscoros, Byzantine governor of Egypt c. 535.
• Dioscoros, Abuna Dioskoros (Aba Wolde Tensai) Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop and miracle worker.
• Dioscoros, Abune Dioskoros Eritrean Orthodox Bishop of Seraye, and claimed Patriarch of Eritrea (disputed).
• Dioscorus of Aphrodito, poet and lawyer (died after 585)

See also

• Castor and Polydeuces, known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology.