Alexius

Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (Greek: Αλέξιος, polytonic Ἀλέξιος, "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. Variants include Alexis with the Russian Aleksey and its Ukrainian counterpart Oleksa/Oleksiy deriving from this form. The female form is Alexia (Greek: Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) in Italian.

Alexius
Gendermale
Language(s)Greek
Other names
See alsoAlexia (female)
Alexey

Rulers

Religious figures
  • Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1354–1378)
  • Patriarch Alexius I of Constantinople (1025–1043)
  • Alexius (c. 1425–1488), Russian archpriest who converted to Judaism
  • Patriarch Alexius I of Moscow and All Russia (r. 1945–1970)
  • Patriarch Alexius II of Moscow and All Russia (r. 1990–2008)
  • Alexius of Nicaea, metropolitan bishop
  • Saint Alexius of Rome, fifth-century eastern saint
  • Alexius, a monk and saint of Kiev - see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev

Other people
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