Sergius

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Sergius was the name of a Roman Patrician Gens, Sergia (or Sergii), originally from Alba Longa (Latium in central Italy). It is also found as Sergios. It may refer to:

Name

• Sergius (name) or Serge, a masculine given name

Roman Catholic Popes

• Pope Sergius I (died 701), Italian-born pope
• Pope Sergius II (reigned died 847), Italian-born pope
• Pope Sergius III (reigned 904–911), Italian-born pope
• Pope Sergius IV (reigned died 1012), Italian-born pope

Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs

• Sergius of Bulgaria, Patriarch of Bulgaria c. 931 – c. 940
• Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, Patriarch 610–638
• Patriarch Sergius II of Constantinople, Patriarch 1001–1019
• Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow, Patriarch 1943–1944

Other Patriarchs

• Sergius of Tella (died 546), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in 544–546

Other Christian Saints

Main article: Saint Sergius (disambiguation)

• Saint Sergius (martyr), Roman soldier companion of Saint Bacchus, martyred c. 303.
• Sergius of Cappadocia (died 304), Martyred c. 304.
• Sergius of Radonezh (1314–1392), 14th-century Russian monastic
• Sergius of Valaam (died 1353), 10th-century Greek/Karelian/Russian monastic

Dukes of Naples

• Sergius I of Naples (died 864), Duke of Naples 840–864
• Sergius II of Naples, Duke of Naples 870–877
• Sergius IV of Naples (died 1036), Duke of Naples 1002–1036
• Sergius V of Naples (died 1082), Duke of Naples 1042–1082
• Sergius VI of Naples (died 1107), Duke of Naples 1082–1097
• Sergius VII of Naples (died 1137), Duke of Naples 1120–1137, last Duke of Naples

Dukes of Amalfi

• Sergius I of Amalfi (died 966), Duke of Amalfi 958–966
• Sergius II of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1007–1028
• Sergius III of Amalfi (died 1073), Duke of Amalfi 1031–1073

Other persons

• Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus, appears in the Book of Acts
• Lucius Sergius Catilina (died 62 BC), 1st century BCE Roman politician
• Marcus Sergius, Ancient Roman inventor of the prosthetic hand
• Sergius Orata, Ancient Roman merchant and architect
• Sergius of Reshaina (died 536). Assyrian physician who translated medicine from Greek to Syriac
• Sergius-Tychicus, a ninth-century Paulician leader
• Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan, Russian Orthodox clergyman (1871–1945)
• Bahira, also called Sergius (c 600), Nestorian monk who foretold Muhammad's prophetic career
• Sergius (Chashin) (born 1974), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church

Other uses

• "Father Sergius", Short story by Leo Tolstoy
  • Father Sergius (film), 1917 silent film by Yakov Protazanov based on Tolstoy's story
  • Father Sergius (1978 film), a 1978 adaptation by Igor Talankin
• Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus, a former Christian church, now a mosque, in Istanbul
• Arch of the Sergii, an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia
• Sergiopolis, the ancient city of Resafa, renamed for the Roman soldier Saint Sergius
• Patriarch Sergius XVII, a fictitious character in Xenosaga

See also

• Patriarch Sergius (disambiguation)
• Pope Sergius (disambiguation)
• Serge (name)
• Sergius III (disambiguation)
• Sergius of Naples (disambiguation)