Sergius
# Sergius

Sergius was the name of a Roman Patrician Gens, Sergia (or Sergii), originally from Alba Longa (Latium in central Italy). It is also found as Sergios. It may refer to:

## Name

* Sergius (name) or Serge, a masculine given name

## Roman Catholic Popes

* Pope Sergius I (died 701), Italian-born pope
* Pope Sergius II (reigned died 847), Italian-born pope
* Pope Sergius III (reigned 904–911), Italian-born pope
* Pope Sergius IV (reigned died 1012), Italian-born pope

## Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs

* Sergius of Bulgaria, Patriarch of Bulgaria c. 931 – c. 940
* Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, Patriarch 610–638
* Patriarch Sergius II of Constantinople, Patriarch 1001–1019
* Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow, Patriarch 1943–1944

## Other Patriarchs

* Sergius of Tella (died 546), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in 544–546

## Other Christian Saints

* Saint Sergius (martyr), Roman soldier companion of Saint Bacchus, martyred c. 303.
* Sergius of Cappadocia (died 304), Martyred c. 304.
* Sergius of Radonezh (1314–1392), 14th-century Russian monastic
* Sergius of Valaam Greek/Karelian/Russian monastic (Possible dates vary, from the 10th century to the mid-14th century)

## Dukes of Naples

* Sergius I of Naples (died 864), Duke of Naples 840–864
* Sergius II of Naples, Duke of Naples 870–877
* Sergius IV of Naples (died 1036), Duke of Naples 1002–1036
* Sergius V of Naples (died 1082), Duke of Naples 1042–1082
* Sergius VI of Naples (died 1107), Duke of Naples 1082–1097
* Sergius VII of Naples (died 1137), Duke of Naples 1120–1137, last Duke of Naples

## Dukes of Amalfi

* Sergius I of Amalfi (died 966), Duke of Amalfi 958–966
* Sergius II of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1007–1028
* Sergius III of Amalfi (died 1073), Duke of Amalfi 1031–1073

## Other persons

* Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus, appears in the Book of Acts
* Lucius Sergius Catilina (died 62 BC), 1st century BCE Roman politician
* Marcus Sergius, Ancient Roman inventor of the prosthetic hand
* Sergius Orata, Ancient Roman merchant and architect
* Sergius (Byzantine general), general under Justinian I
* Sergius of Reshaina (died 536). Assyrian physician who translated medicine from Greek to Syriac
* Sergius-Tychicus, a ninth-century Paulician leader
* Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan, Russian Orthodox clergyman (1871–1945)
* Bahira, also called Sergius (c 600), Nestorian monk who foretold Muhammad's prophetic career
* Sergius (Chashin) (born 1974), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church

## Other uses

* "Father Sergius", Short story by Leo Tolstoy
   * Father Sergius (film), 1917 silent film by Yakov Protazanov based on Tolstoy's story
   * Father Sergius (1978 film), a 1978 adaptation by Igor Talankin
* Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus, a former Christian church, now a mosque, in Istanbul
* Arch of the Sergii, an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia
* Sergiopolis, the ancient city of Resafa, renamed for the Roman soldier Saint Sergius
* Patriarch Sergius XVII, a fictitious character in Xenosaga
