Dioscorus
Dioscorus (also Dioscoros, Dioskoros, or Dioscurus) can refer to:
- Pope Dioscorus the Great, a Coptic Pope of Alexandria deposed at Chalcedon for his leadership at the Robber Synod (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.