Josephus (disambiguation)

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Josephus (Titus Flavius Josephus; 37 – c. 100) was a Roman Jewish historian.

Josephus may also refer to:

From antiquity[]

From the Middle Ages, and: Renaissance (Latinized names)[]

  • Josephus Abudacnus/Josephus Barbatus (Yusuf ibn Abu Dhaqn; born 1570s), Egyptian Coptic writer
  • Josephus Adjutus (c. 1602–1668), Assyrian theologian
  • Josephus Blancanus (Giuseppe Biancani; 1566–1624), Italian Jesuit astronomer, mathematician, and selenographer
  • Josephus Catalanus (Giuseppe Catalani; 1698–1764), Italian church historian
  • Josephus Exoniensis/Josephus Iscanus (Joseph of Exeter; fl. 1180–1190), English poet in Latin
  • Josephus a Matre Dei (José de Calasanz; 1557–1648), Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools
  • Josephus Quercetanus (Joseph Duchesne; c.1544–1609), French physician
  • Josephus Scottus (died between 791 and 804), Irish scholar, diplomat, poet and ecclesiastic
  • Josephus Struthius (1510–c. 1569), Polish physician

Among modern era given names[]

Among fictional characters[]

See also[]

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