Serapion

Serapion /səˈrpiən/ is a given name, a variant of Seraphin.

People called Serapion:

  • Serapion (3rd-century), neoplatonic philosopher and one of the disciples of Plotinus
  • Serapion (4th century), author of the Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis
  • Serapion of Alexandria (3rd century BC), Greek physician
  • Serapion of Algiers (1179–1240), Mercedarian saint
  • Serapion of Antioch (c. 200 AD), Patriarch of Antioch
  • Serapion (Coptic bishop of Los Angeles) (b. 1951)
  • Serapion of Macedonia (d. 195), Martyr
  • Serapion of Novgorod (d. 1516), Russian archbishop
  • Serapion the Sindonite, 4th century Egyptian monk
  • Serapion (strategos), probably negotiated in 48 BC for Caesar with Achillas, strategos of Cyprus in 43 BC, executed in 41 BC
  • Serapion of Vladimir (13th century), bishop of Vladimir
  • Serapion the Younger (c. 12th century), physician who wrote The Book of Simple Medicine (in Arabic)
  • Mara bar Serapion, Syrian stoic
  • Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), also known as Serapion the Elder or Johannes Serapion, Christian physician who wrote two medical compilations in Syriac

See also

  • Sarapion (Serapion), ancient port city in present-day south-central Somalia
  • Saint Serapion (Zurbarán), an oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán.
  • Serapion Brothers, a literary movement in the early Soviet Union
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