Hermogenes

Hermogenes
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Other names
Related namesDiogenes

Hermogenes is a Greek name (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 c. 305) 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)

Notes

  1. ^ Hermogenes (1), a Teacher of Heretical Doctrine


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