Theodora, widow of the Emperor Theophilus ( died 842 ), acted as regent during the minority of her son Michael III, who was said to have been introduced to dissolute habits by her brother Bardas.

In Greece, he encountered an Ionian theologian, who has been identified as Athenagoras of Athens ; while in the east, he was taught by an Assyrian, sometimes identified with Tatian, and a Jew, who was possibly Theophilus of Caesarea.

Theophilus died on 15 October 412, and Cyril was made Pope or Patriarch of Alexandria on 18 October 412, against the party favouring Archdeacon Timothy.

There was an opinion in the Church that viewed that perhaps the Council understood the Church of Alexandria correctly, but wanted to curtail the existing power of the Alexandrine Hierarch, especially after the events that happened several years before at Constantinople from Pope Theophilus of Alexandria towards Patriarch John Chrysostom and the unfortunate turnouts of the Second Council of Ephesus in AD 449, where Eutichus misled Pope Dioscorus and the Council in confessing the Orthodox Faith in writing and then renouncing it after the Council, which in turn, had upset Rome, especially that the Tome which was sent was not read during the Council sessions.

Born in Boston, Colony of Massachusetts, to David Yale ( 1613 – 1690 ) and Ursula Knight ( 1624 – 1698 ), Yale was the grandson of Ann Lloyd ( 1591 – 1659 ), who after the death of her first husband, Thomas Yale ( 1590 – 1619 ) in Chester, Cheshire, England, married Governor Theophilus Eaton ( 1590 – 1658 ) of New Haven Colony.

The Serapeum was certainly destroyed by Theophilus in 391, and the Museum and Library may have fallen victim to the same campaign.

Although the Gospel survives in anonymous form, it is considered that the name was known to the addressee, Theophilus.

In fact, “ Luke perceives himself to be a Jew .” Finally, Rebecca Denova concludes her book with these words: “ Luke-Acts, we may conclude on the basis of a narrative-critical reading, was written by a Jew to persuade other Jews that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah of Scripture and that the words of the prophets concerning ‘ restoration ’ have been ‘ fulfilled .’” Finally it should be noted that Strelan in 2008 not only concluded that Theophilus was Jewish but also that Luke was a priest.

An alliance was soon formed against him by Eudoxia, Theophilus and others of his enemies.

Theophilus Evans, an early critic of the movement, even wrote that it was " the natural Tendency of their Behaviour, in Voice and Gesture and horrid Expressions, to make People mad.

Masaccio returned in 1427 to work again in the Carmine, beginning the Resurrection of the Son of Theophilus, but apparently left it, too, unfinished, though it has also been suggested that the painting was severely damaged later in the century because it contained portraits of the Brancacci family, at that time excoriated as enemies of the Medici.

For example, his method of getting up in the morning incorporates a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at The Great Exhibition of 1851 by Theophilus Carter, and is similar to a device sold in Japan that is used to ensure the sleeper awakens on time by inflating a pillow under their normal pillow and rolling the person, thus waking them up.

His last novel, Theophilus North, was published in 1973, and made into the film Mr. North in 1988.

Monk was represented by Theophilus Nix, the second African-American member of the Delaware Bar Association.

There are strong connections with the medieval Theophilus legend which was recorded in the 13th century.

The 25 December Nativity of Christ was attested very early by Hippolytus of Rome ( 170 – 236 ) in his Commentary on Daniel 4: 23: “ The first coming of our Lord, that in the flesh, in which he was born at Bethlehem, took place eight days before the calends of January, a Wednesday, in the forty-second year of the reign of Augustus, 5500 years from Adam .” Another early source is Theophilus Bishop of Caesarea ( 115-181 ):" We ought to celebrate the birth-day of our Lord on what day soever the 25th of December shall happen.

Shelton's chief rivals were Theophilus Metcalfe's Stenography or Short Writing ( 1633 ) which was in its " 55th edition " by 1721, and Jeremiah Rich's system of 1654, which was published under various titles including The penns dexterity compleated ( 1669 ).

The author opens with a prologue, usually taken to be addressed to an individual by the name of Theophilus ( though this name, which translates literally as " God-lover ", may be a nickname rather than a personal appellation ) and references " my earlier book "— almost certainly the Gospel of Luke.

The Gospel is addressed to the author's patron, Theophilus, which in Greek simply means friend of God or ( be ) loved by God or loving God, and may not be a name but a generic term for a Christian.

Both books are dedicated to one Theophilus and no scholar seriously doubts that the same person wrote both works, though neither work contains the name of its author.

* Theophilus North ( 1973 ) as Mr. North following the appearance of the film of the same name

A Kurd named Nasr or Narseh converted to Christianity, and changed his name to Theophobos during the reign of Emperor Theophilus and was the emperor's intimate friend and commander for many years.

The book came into the hands of Thomas Coxeter, and subsequently into those of Theophilus Cibber, furnishing the basis of the Lives of the Poets ( 1753 ) published with Cibber's name on the title page ( though most of it was written by Robert Shiels ).

Theophilus makes no mention of the name of Jesus or use the word Christ or the phrase Son of God.

On 1 July of the same year, he was involved in another duel, with Theophilus Swift, Esq., in consequence of a pamphlet criticising Lennox's character published under Swift's name.

Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings.

* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 18th century composer whose baptismal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus

* Theophilus ( biblical ) — the name of a person or an honorary title to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles is addressed

Theophilus Jones, in his A History of the County of Brecknock, was fairly disparaging of the parish ; when describing the church he states " there is nothing deserving of notice in this miserable fabric, unless it be an inscription on the wall, to the memory of an old woman of the name of Jones.

Other works in Theophilus ' name are A Letter from Theophilus Cibber to John Highmore ( 1733 ), A Lick at a Liar: or Calumny Detected.

Tewoflos or Theophilus ( Ge ' ez ቴዎፍሎስ, throne name Walda Ambasa, Ge ' ez ወልደ አምበሳ, " son of the lion ") was

Theophilus is the name or honorary title of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed ( Luke 1: 3, Acts 1: 1 ).

In English Theophilus is also written " Theophilss ", both a common name and an honorary title among the learned ( academic ) Romans and Jews of the era.

Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen () ( original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ) ( July 13, 1813 in Copenhagen-February 17, 1891 in Vienna ) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen.

The school's first campus, known as the Springbank campus, was integrated into the then-recently closed hotel of the same name constructed in 1864 by Dr. Theophilus Mack on Yates Street in St. Catharines.

Mozart's father Leopold announced the birth of his son in a letter to the publisher Johann Jakob Lotter with the words "... the boy is called Joannes Chrisostomus, Wolfgang, Gottlieb ", in German: " der Bub heißt Joannes Chrisostomus, Wolfgang, Gottlieb " – " Gottlieb " being yet another translation ( German ) of " Theophilus ".

** Theophilus Eaton, Puritan colonial merchant ( d. 1658 )

In April 1638, the main party of five hundred Puritans who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the leadership of the Reverend John Davenport and the London merchant Theophilus Eaton sailed into the harbor.

He also made the acquaintance, while attending lectures by John Theophilus Desaguliers, of Peter Thompson, a Hamburg merchant and Member of Parliament for St Albans.

To the west, next-door to Woodlands House, was Westcombe Manor, former family seat of the Ballards, the Lambardes, Sir Theophilus Biddulph ( 1612 – 1683 ; see also Biddulph baronets ), and, later, of shipowner and timber merchant Thomas Brocklebank.

* Theophilus Eaton — ( 1590 – 1658 ), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut

Theophilus Eaton ( 1590 – January 7, 1658 ) was a merchant, farmer, and Puritan colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut.

For several years Theophilus was an agent for King Charles I to the Danish Court, then a merchant in London.

Upon arrival in the new colony, Theophilus at first attempted to resume his trade as a merchant.

John Davenport and merchant Theophilus Eaton are considered the founders of the New Haven Colony, which would be absorbed into Connecticut Colony in the 1660s.

Later that month he co-founded the Colony of New Haven along with his classmate, Theophilus Eaton, a wealthy merchant from London who became the colony's first governor.