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Photios
Boy NameGreek Origin
Meaning
Derived from Greek φως (phos) meaning "light" (genitive φωτος (photos)).
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Photios of Korytsa
Photios Kalpidis (, 1862–1906) or Photios of Korytsa was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë, Ottoman Empire, from 1902 to 1906.
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Photios (name)
Photios () is a Greek name, latinized as Photius.
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