Theophilus
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:
People
Arts
- Theophilus Presbyter — (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 Braga
- Theophilus Cibber — (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber
- Theophilos Hatzimihail — (ca. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 18th century composer whose baptismal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Fictitious
- Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, a character created by Lenny Henry
- Professor Theophilus Branestawm, the protagonist of the Professor Branestawm series of children's books
- Theophilus Msimangu, a character in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country.
- Theophilus Toad, a character based from 'Wind in the Willows' used in Counselling for Toads by Robert de Board.
Historical
Politics
- Teófilo Borunda
- Theophilus Bradbury — (1739–1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Theophilus Danjuma, influential Nigerian soldier and politician
- William Theophilus Dortch — (1824–1889), prominent Confederate 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 Shepstone — (1817–1893), British South African statesman
Military
Religious
- Theophilus of Antioch — (c. 163–182), early Christian patriarch
- Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea — (d. 195)
- Theophilos the Indian - (d. 364) Arian bishop, also called "The Ethiopian", probably from the Maldive Islands
- Pope Theophilus of Alexandria — (d. 412) Patriarch of Alexandria
- Theophilus of Adana — (d. c. 538) bishop who made a pact with the devil
- Pope Theophilus II of Alexandria — Coptic Pope of Alexandria (953–956) and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Theophilus Presbyter — (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, author, metallurgist, artist and armourer - thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen
- Theophilus Gale — (1628–1678), English nonconformist divine
- Theophilus Lindsey — (1723–1808), English theologian
- Patriarch Theofilos III of Jerusalem — current patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
- Theophilus, martyr and saint (see Dorothea of Caesarea)
- Theophilus of Kiev, a monk and saint — see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev
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