Dorotheos

Dorotheos ( Greek  Δωρόθεος , Latinized Dorotheus ) is a male personal name common in Greek . The corresponding female form is Dorothea . The meaning of the name (“gift of God”) is derived from the two words dōron (δώρον, “gift”) and theos (θεός, “god”). Reversing the order of the two parts of the name results in the common German first names Theodor (Greek Theodoros ) and Theodora .

Name bearer

Patriarchs and bishops

• Dorotheos of Alexandria, Coptic Pope 565-580
• Dorotheos I, Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 370–371
• Dorotheos (c. 431), Bishop of Martianopolis
• Dorotheos (c. 600), Archimandrite of Palestine
• Dorotheos II., Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 1219–1245
• Dorotheus I, Bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem ca.1367 - ca.1412
• Dorotheos III., Patriarch of the Rum Orthodox Church in Antioch 1436–1453
• Dorotheos II, Bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem 1506–1537
• Dorotheos, Bishop of Kitros 1872–1873
• Dorotheus of Tire (author) ( pseudo-Dorotheos ), alleged bishop of Tire and author of a catalog of disciples and apostles
• Dorotheus von Tyros (martyr) (around 255–362), alleged bishop of Tyros and martyr
• Dorotheus of Tire (Bishop) , Bishop of Tire

Theologians

• Dorotheus of Antioch , presbyter in Antioch , founder of the Antiochian school , to which the apocryphal gospel of the seventy is ascribed.
• Dorotheos of Gaza (505-565), monk and founder of a monastery
• Dorotheos Vlates , Byzantine theologian

Artist and scientist

• Dorotheus of Sidon , 1st century Hellenistic astrologer
• Dorotheos (jurist) , Roman jurist under Justinian I , one of the authors of the Corpus iuris civilis
• Dorotheos (painter) (c. 60), Roman painter

Dorotheus as a first name

• Franz Dorotheus Gerlach (1793–1876), Swiss classical philologist and ancient historian of German origin
• Christoph von Keller (Dorotheus Ludwig Christoph von Keller, Count von Keller auf Stedten; 1757–1827), German politician