Hermogenes Explained

Hermogenes is a Greek name (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἑρμογένης), meaning "born of Hermes". It may refer to:

Hermogenes (potter) (fl. c. 550 BC), Attic Greek potter
Hermogenes (philosopher) (fl. c. 400 BC), Greek philosopher
Hermogenes of Priene (fl. c. 200 BC), Greek architect
Hermogenes (fl. c. 64), in 2 Timothy 1, a former Christian who turned away from Saint Paul in Asia
Hermagoras of Aquileia (also called Hermogenes, died) Christian bishop
Hermogenes, magician in The Golden Legend
Hermogenes of Tarsus (fl. late 2nd century), Roman-era rhetorician and historian
Hermogenes (heretic leader), late 2nd century founder of religious heresy.^[1]
Hermogenes (4th cent.), son of Hermogenes, Christian priest of Caesarea (Cappadocia), predecessor of Dianius, and scribe/author of the Nicene Creed (Bas. ep. 81.244.9, 263.3)
Hermogenes (magister officiorum), (fl. 530s), Byzantine official and military leader
Patriarch Hermogenes (died 1612), Russian religious leader
Hermogenes, Bishop of Tobolsk and Siberia (1858–1918), Russian religious leader
Hermógenes Fonseca (born 1908), Brazilian footballer
Hermógenes L. Mora (born 1979), Nicaraguan poet

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