Conon (disambiguation)

Conon or Konon may refer to:

People

Greek name

• Conon (5th-4th c. BCE), an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War
• Conon of Samos (c. 280 BC–c. 220 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician
• Conon of Tarsus, 6th-century bishop and leader of the heretical Tritheist movement
• Conon (mythographer), 1st century BCE Greece
• Conon (general under Justinian I), Byzantine general (fl. 540s)
• Pope Conon (died 687)
• Leo III the Isaurian (c. 685–741), born Konon; Byzantine Emperor

Germanic name

• Conon, Count of Montaigu (died 1106)
• Conon, Count of Montaigu and Duras (fl. 1189)
• Conon de Béthune (c. 1150–1219 or 1220), French crusader and "trouvère"
• Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874), German minister and linguist

Saints

By chronological order of their presumed death year

Catholic and Orthodox saints

• Conon of Isauria (2nd century), miracle worker and martyr from Isauria; feast day 5 March (no to be mistaken for Conon of Pamphylia/the Gardener, who has the same feast day)
• Conon of Perga (died c. 250), from Perga in Asia Minor
• Conon the Gardener or Conon of Pamphylia (French article at Conon le Jardinier; died c. 251), "Holy Martyr", a.k.a. Conon of Palestine/of Magydos; born in Nazareth, died at Magydos in Pamphylia; feast day 5 March (no to be mistaken for Conon of Isauria, who has the same feast day)
• Conon the Elder (d. 275), also Conon of Iconium/Iconia, Cuomo the Elder; father of Saint Conon the Younger; from Iconium in Asia Minor feast day 29 May
• Conon the Younger (d. 275), also Cuomo the Younger; son of Saint Conon the Elder; from Iconium in Asia Minor;^[1]
• Conon the Baptizer, or Conon of Penthucla/of the Jordan (died ca. 555), originally of Cilicia, active at the Monastery of Penthucla; near Jericho Vita by John Moschus local feast day 19 February
• Conon of Rome († ?), martyr, drowned at sea; feast day 5 June

Catholic saints

• Conon of Naso (1139-1236), Italian abbot and saint; feast day 27 March

Orthodox saints

• Conon of Kantara (died 1231), monk at the Kantara monastery in Cyprus; feast day 19 May

Places

• Conon, Lutwyche, a heritage-listed house in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Conon Bridge, a village in the Highland region of Scotland
• River Conon, a river in the Highlands of Scotland

Astronomy

• Conon (crater), a lunar crater
• 12153 Conon, an asteroid

See also

• Conan (disambiguation)
• Connan, a surname
• Konan (disambiguation)
• Saint Conan (7th century – January, 684), bishop of the Isle of Man and an Irish missionary

References