Alexius
Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (Greek: Αλέξιος, polytonic Ἀλέξιος, "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. Variants include Alexis with the Russian Aleksey and its Ukrainian counterpart Oleksa/Oleksiy deriving from this form. The female form is Alexia (Greek: Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) in Italian.
Gender | male |
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Language(s) | Greek |
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See also | Alexia (female) Alexey |
Rulers
- Alexios I Komnenos (1048–1118), Byzantine emperor
- Alexios II Komnenos (1167–1183), Byzantine emperor
- Alexios III, Byzantine emperor
- Alexios IV, Byzantine emperor
- Alexios V, Byzantine emperor
- Alexios I of Trebizond, Emperor of Trebizond
- Alexios II of Trebizond, Emperor of Trebizond
- Alexios III of Trebizond, Emperor of Trebizond
- Alexios IV of Trebizond, Emperor of Trebizond
- Alexius Mikhailovich (1629–1676), Tsar of Russia
- Alexius Petrovich (1690–1718), Russian tsarevich
Religious figures
- Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1354–1378)
- Patriarch Alexius I of Constantinople (1025–1043)
- Alexius (c. 1425–1488), Russian archpriest who converted to Judaism
- Patriarch Alexius I of Moscow and All Russia (r. 1945–1970)
- Patriarch Alexius II of Moscow and All Russia (r. 1990–2008)
- Alexius of Nicaea, metropolitan bishop
- Saint Alexius of Rome, fifth-century eastern saint
- Alexius, a monk and saint of Kiev - see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev
Other people
- Alexios Apokaukos, Byzantine statesman
- Alexios Aspietes, Byzantine governor
- Alexios Branas, Byzantine general
- Alexios Halebian, American tennis player
- Alexius Meinong, Austrian philosopher
- Alexios Mosele (Caesar), Byzantine heir-apparent
- Alexios Palaiologos (despot), Byzantine heir-apparent
- Alexios Philanthropenos, Byzantine general
- Alexios Raoul (protovestiarios), Byzantine general
- Alexios Strategopoulos, Byzantine general
- Alexios Xiphias, Byzantine Catepan of Italy
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