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Dorotheus

Boy NameLate Roman Origin

Meaning

Latinized form of DOROTHEOS.

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Name Personality

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Integrity

Famous People Named Dorotheus

Dorotheus of Tyre

Saint Dorotheus bishop of Tyre (present-day Lebanon; c.

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Dorotheus I of Athens

Dorotheus I () was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Athens from to 1392, and the first to reside in the city since 1205.

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Dorotheus (jurist)

Dorotheus () was a professor of Roman law in the law school of Berytus in Phoenicia.

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Dorotheus (magister militum)

Dorotheus was a Byzantine military commander.

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Dorotheus of Athens

Dorotheus (, secular name Ioannis Kottaras ) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1956 to 1957.

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Dorotheus in Other Languages

GreekDorotheos
Late GreekDorothea
RussianDorofei
RussianDorofey
CroatianDora
CroatianDorotea
CzechDorota

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