Theodosius

Theodosius (from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", "Given by god") is a name which might refer to one of several people:

One of three emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium:
- Theodosius I (347–395; "Theodosius the Great"), son of Count Theodosius
- Theodosius II (408–450)
- Theodosius III (715–717)

One of three Dukes of Braganza
- Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510–1563), 5th Duke of Braganza
- Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1558–1630), 7th Duke of Braganza
- Teodósio, Prince of Brazil (1634–1653), 9th Duke of Braganza and 1st Prince of Brazil

Others by the name are:

Theodosius, bishop of Philadelphia, deposed at Council of Seleucia, 359
Theodosius, archdeacon and pilgrim to the Holy Land in ca. 518-530
Theodosius, godson of Belisarius and Antonina
Theodosius of Bithynia or Theodosius of Tripolis (c. 160 BC – c. 100 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician
Theodosius Florentini, a Swiss Capuchin monk, a founder of Catholic religious orders
Theodosius the Cenobiarch (c. 423–529)
Theodosius (son of Maurice) (583/585–602), eldest son and co-emperor of the Byzantine emperor Maurice
Theodosius the Deacon, a 10th-century Byzantine poet who wrote the poem "The Conquest of Crete"
Theodosius of Kiev, 11th-century Russian saint
Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461–1464)
Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), former primate of the Orthodox Church in America (1933– )
Theodosius Dobzhansky, noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist

See also