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Ephebus (personal name)

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Ephebus (Ancient Greek: εφηβος, lit.'adolescent male') often occurs as an individual name, as well as being a general epithet. People with the name include:

  • Ephebus, a martyr from Terni, a city in central Italy
  • Claudius Ephebus, mentioned in the first letter of Clement to the Corinthians, chapter 59, as a messenger of the church of Rome, sent to the Church of Corinth along with Valerius Bito and Fortunatus
  • Saint Euphebius, a bishop of Naples