Sergius
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Sergius was a name of a Roman
Patrician Gens
originally from Alba Longa
and can refer to:
See also: Serge
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
Patrician Gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
originally from Alba Longa
Alba Longa
Alba Longa – in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga – was an ancient city of Latium in central Italy southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC. In legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of...
and can refer to:
Roman Catholic Popes
- Pope Sergius IPope Sergius IPope Saint Sergius I was pope from 687 to 701. Selected to end a schism between Antipope Paschal and Antipope Theodore, Sergius I ended the last disputed sede vacante of the Byzantine Papacy....
(died 701), Sicilian-born pope - Pope Sergius IIPope Sergius IIPope Sergius II was Pope from January 844 – January 24, 847.On the death of Gregory IV the archdeacon John was proclaimed pope by popular acclamation, while the nobility elected Sergius, a Roman of noble birth. The opposition was suppressed, with Sergius intervening to save John's life...
(reigned 844–847), Italian-born pope - Pope Sergius IIIPope Sergius IIIPope Sergius III was a pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 29 January 904 to 14 April 911. Because Sergius III was possibly the only pope known to have ordered the murder of another pope and the only pope to have fathered an illegitimate son who later became pope , his reign has been described...
(reigned 897 and 911), Italian-born pope - Pope Sergius IVPope Sergius IVPope Sergius IV , born Pietro Martino Buccaporci, was Pope from July 31, 1009, until his death. The date of his birth is unknown. His birth name is believed to have been Pietro Martino Buccaporci...
(reigned 1009–1012)
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs
- Patriarch Sergius I of MoscowPatriarch Sergius I of MoscowPatriarch Sergius I , – May 15, 1944) was the 12th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, from September 8, 1943 until his death. He was also the de facto head of the Russian Orthodox Church as Patriarchal locum tenens in 1925-1943.-Early life:...
, Patriarch 1943–1944. - Patriarch Sergius I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Sergius I of ConstantinopleSergius I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638.In 626 during the absence of Emperor Heraclius on campaign against Sassanid Persia, the Avars laid siege to Constantinople. Along with the magister militum Bonus, he had been named regent and was in charge of the city's defense...
, Patriarch 610–638. - Patriarch Sergius II of ConstantinoplePatriarch Sergius II of ConstantinopleSergius II Studite was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 1001 to 1019.He came from a prominent family related to Patriarch Photios. He reached the rank of abbot of the monastery Manuel .- Footnotes :...
, Patriarch 1001–1019.
Other Christian Saints
- Saint Sergius (martyr)Saints Sergius and BacchusSaints Sergius and Bacchus , were third century Roman soldiers who are commemorated as martyrs by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches...
, Roman soldier companion of Saint Bacchus, martyred c. 303. - Sergius of CappadociaSergius of CappadociaSaint Sergius was a Cappadocian monk who was martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. His feast day is 24 February.Some saints lists say his relics were brought to the Spanish town of Úbeda; it is a mistake: Primus Cabilonensis, in his Topographia Saint Sergius (†304) was a Cappadocian monk who...
, Martyred c. 304. - Sergius of RadonezhSergius of RadonezhVenerable Sergius of Radonezh , also transliterated as Sergey Radonezhsky or Serge of Radonezh, was a spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, he is one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most highly venerated saints.-Early life:The date of...
, A 14th century Russian monastic. - Sergius of ValaamSergius of ValaamSaint Sergius of Valaam was a Greek monk and wonderworker credited with bringing Orthodox Christianity to Karelian and Finnish people. Conflicting church traditions place him possibly as early as the 10th century or as late as the 14th....
, A 10th century Greek/Karelian/Russian monastic.
Dukes of Naples
- Sergius I of NaplesSergius I of NaplesSergius I was the first duke of Naples of his dynasty, often dubbed the "Sergi," which ruled over Naples for almost three centuries from his accession in 840 until the death of his namesake Sergius VII in 1137....
, Duke of Naples 840–864. - Sergius II of NaplesSergius II of NaplesSergius II was Duke of Naples from 870 to 877.He continued the policies of his father, Gregory III, and grandfather, Sergius I. He maintained good relations with the Franks or the Byzantines only as it suited Neapolitan interests....
, Duke of Naples 870–877. - Sergius IV of NaplesSergius IV of NaplesSergius IV was Duke of Naples from 1002 to 1036. He was one of the prime catalysts in the growth of Norman power in the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century...
, Duke of Naples 1002–1036. - Sergius V of NaplesSergius V of NaplesSergius V was the son and successor of John V as Duke of Naples from 1042 to 1082.In Summer 1074, hostilities flared up between Richard I of Capua and Robert Guiscard. Sergius allied with the latter and made his city a supply centre for Guiscard's troops. This pitted him against Aversa and Capua,...
, Duke of Naples 1042–1082. - Sergius VI of NaplesSergius VI of NaplesSergius VI was the Duke of Naples from 1077 or 1082 to his death. He was the son of the senator John, and thus nephew and successor of John's elder brother Sergius V. His reign is very obscure on the basis of slight documentary evidence...
, Duke of Naples 1082–1097. - Sergius VII of NaplesSergius VII of NaplesSergius VII was the thirty-ninth and last duke of Naples. He succeeded his father John VI on the Neapolitan throne in 1120 or 1123 at a time when Roger II of Sicily was rising rapidly in power...
, Duke of Naples 1120–1137, last Duke of Naples.
Dukes of Amalfi
- Sergius I of AmalfiSergius I of AmalfiSergius I was the second Duke of Amalfi and first of the Musco Comite family.In 958, Sergius, a citizen of the city of Amalfi, assassinated the first duke, Mastalus II and usurped the throne. In order to establish a ducal dynasty as in Naples and Gaeta, he immediately associated his son Manso I...
, Duke of Amalfi 958–966 - Sergius II of AmalfiSergius II of AmalfiSergius II was the Patrician and Duke of Amalfi, the son and successor of John I, who co-reigned with his father until the latter's death in 1007....
, Duke of Amalfi 1007–1028 - Sergius III of AmalfiSergius III of AmalfiSergius III was the duke of Amalfi from 1069, when he succeeded his father John II, until his death. He was first appointed co-regent by his father in 1031...
, Duke of Amalfi 1031–1073
Other persons
- Sergius PaulusSergius PaulusLucius Sergius Paullus was a Proconsul of Cyprus under Claudius . He appears in Acts , where in Paphos Paul, accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark, overcame the attempts of Bar-Jesus or Elymas and converted Sergius to Christianity....
, proconsul of Cyprus, appears in the Book of Acts - Lucius Sergius CatilinaCatilineLucius Sergius Catilina , known in English as Catiline, was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC who is best known for the Catiline conspiracy, an attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic, and in particular the power of the aristocratic Senate.-Family background:Catiline was born in 108 BC to...
, 1st century BCE Roman politician - Marcus SergiusMarcus SergiusMarcus Sergius was a Roman general during the Second Punic War . He is famed in prosthetics circles as the first documented user of a prosthetic hand. The metal hand was constructed to allow him to hold his shield in battle....
, Ancient Roman inventor of the prosthetic hand - Sergius OrataSergius OrataSergius Orata was a famed merchant and hydraulic engineer of the Roman Republic.Sergius was well-known by his contemporaries because of the breeding and commercialization of oysters, in which he can be considered a pioneer. Orata wanted to take advantage of Romans' taste for shellfish, so he...
, Ancient Roman merchant and architect - Sergius of ReshainaSergius of ReshainaSergius of Reshaina was an Syriac physician and priest during the 6th century. He is best known for translating medical works from Greek to Syriac, which were eventually translated to Arabic...
(died 536). Assyrian physician who translated medicine from Greek to Syriac - Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of JapanMetropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of JapanMetropolitan Sergius of Japan was a Russian clergyman and monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and later Japanese Orthodox Church.- Early life :...
, Russian Orthodox clergyman (1871–1945) - BahiraBahiraBahira , or "Sergius the Monk" to the Latin West, was a Syriac or Bahrani Nestorian monk who, according to tradition, foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future prophetic career.-Islamic tradition:...
, also called Sergius (c 600), Nestorian monk who foretold MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
's prophetic career.
Other uses
- Father SergiusFather SergiusFather Sergius is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1890 and first published in 1898.-Plot:The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée...
, Short story by Leo Tolstoy- Father Sergius (film)Father Sergius (film)Father Sergius is a 1917 Russian silent film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the eponymous story by Leo Tolstoy....
, 1917 silent film by Yakov ProtazanovYakov ProtazanovYakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....
based on Tolstoy's story.
- Father Sergius (film)
- Church of the Saints Sergius and BacchusLittle Hagia SophiaLittle Hagia Sophia , formerly the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus , is a former Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, later converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire....
, A former Christian church, now a mosque, in Istanbul. - Arch of the Sergii, an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia.
- SergiopolisResafaResafa , known in Roman times as Sergiopolis, was a city located in what is now modern-day Syria. It is an archaeological site situated south-west of the city of Ar Raqqah and the Euphrates.-History:...
, The ancient city of Resafa, renamed for the Roman soldier Saint Sergius. - Patriarch Sergius XVII, a fictitious character in XenosagaXenosagais a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to...
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See also: Serge
Serge (first name)
Serge is a male given name, particularly common in France, Belgium; as Sérgio in Portugal and Brazil; and as Sergio in Italy, Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America. The less common female version is Sergine...