Photios (name)
Photios () is a Greek name, latinized as Photius. It commonly refers to Saint Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810/820 – 893), an Eastern Orthodox scholar and Patriarch of Constantinople. A modern diminutive variant is Fotis (). People with the name Photios or variants Saint Photius the Martyr, a Christian martyr under Emperor Diocletian (died 305) Photios (Emirate of Crete) (fl. 870s), Byzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1431) Photius Fisk, a chaplain in the U.S. Navy (1807–1890) Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras, a French author, politician, poet, and critic who was a founder of Action Française (1868-1952) Patriarch Photius II of Constantinople (1874–1935) Patriarch Photius of Alexandria (died 1925) Photios of Korytsa (1862–1906), Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë Photis Kontoglou (1895–1965), Greek writer and iconographer People with the name Fotis Fotis Kafatos (1940–2017), Greek biologist Fotis Kouvelis (born 1948), Greek lawyer and politician Fotios Vasilopoulos (born 1986), Greek basketball player