Spiridon Explained

Spiridon may refer to:

Given name

• Spiridon (patriarch) (died 1389), Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć 1380–1389
• Saint Spyridon or Saint Spiridon (c. 270–348), saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions
• Spyridon Chazapis (1872–unknown), Greek swimmer
• Spiridon Gopčević (1855–1928), Serbian astronomer and historian
• Spyridon Mavrogenis, Ottoman doctor
• Spiridon Popescu (1864–1933), Romanian writer
• Spiridon Putin (1879–1965), Russian chef for Lenin and Stalin, grandfather of Vladimir Putin
• Spiridon Stais, Greek shooter
• Spiridon of Neva, according to Russian sources, the Swedish leader in the Battle of the Neva

Surname

• Simona Spiridon, Romanian-Austrian handballer

Brand name

• Spiridon, a brand name for the drug Spironolactone, a medication that is primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease
• , German running magazine named after Spyridon Louis

Places

• Spiridon Peninsula, Alaska
• , Alaska
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• Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral, King County, Washington

In fiction

• Spiridon, a planet featured in the Doctor Who serial Planet of the Daleks
• The title character of Spiridon the Mute a novel by Paschal Grousset

See also

• Spyridon