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) and can refer to:
Roman Catholic Popes
- Pope Sergius I (died 701), Italian-born pope
- Pope Sergius II (reigned 844–847), Italian-born pope
- Pope Sergius III (reigned 904–911), Italian-born pope
- Pope Sergius IV (reigned 1009–1012), Italian-born pope
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs
- Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow, Patriarch 1943–1944.
- Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, Patriarch 610–638.
- Patriarch Sergius II of Constantinople, Patriarch 1001–1019.
Other Patriarchs
- Sergius of Tella, Syrian 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, Martyred c. 304.
- Sergius of Radonezh, A 14th-century Russian monastic.
- Sergius of Valaam, A 10th-century Greek/Karelian/Russian monastic.
Dukes of Naples
- Sergius I of Naples, Duke of Naples 840–864.
- Sergius II of Naples, Duke of Naples 870–877.
- Sergius IV of Naples, Duke of Naples 1002–1036.
- Sergius V of Naples, Duke of Naples 1042–1082.
- Sergius VI of Naples, Duke of Naples 1082–1097.
- Sergius VII of Naples, Duke of Naples 1120–1137, last Duke of Naples.
Dukes of Amalfi
- Sergius I of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 958–966
- Sergius II of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1007–1028
- Sergius III of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1031–1073
Other persons
- Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus, appears in the Book of Acts
- Lucius Sergius Catilina, 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.
Other uses
- Father Sergius, Short story by Leo Tolstoy
- Father Sergius, 1917 silent film by Yakov Protazanov based on Tolstoy's story.
- 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.
Sergius Pavicevic,famous body builder
- Sergiopolis, The ancient city of Resafa, renamed for the Roman soldier Saint Sergius.
- Patriarch Sergius XVII, a fictitious character in Xenosaga.
- See also
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