Photinus

Photinus denotes:

• Photinus (genus) , a genus of firefly

Photinus ( Φωτεινός Photeinos = the enlightened , Germanized Photin ) is the name of the following people:

• Photinus († 66), actually Viktor, the son of Photina , martyr and saint.
• Photinus or Pothinus of Lyon († 177/178), Bishop of Lyon, martyr and saint.
• Photinus of Sirmium († 376), Bishop of Sirmium, heretic.
• Photeinos of Jerusalem , monk, diplomat and later abbot of the New Monastery in Jerusalem

See also:

• Photina (disambiguation)
• Fotinos , modern Greek variant

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.