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Basil II
Porphyrogenitus (Gr****: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος
Basíleios Porphyrogénnetos; 958 – 15
December 1025),
nicknamed the
Bulgar Slayer (Gr****: ὁ...
- The name
Basil (royal, kingly)
comes from the male Gr**** name V****ilios (Gr****: Βασίλειος,
female version Bασιλεία),
which first appeared during the ****enistic...
- Sir
Basil Zaharoff (born
Zacharias Basileios Zacharoff; 6
October 1849 – 27
November 1936) was a Gr**** arms
dealer and industrialist. One of the richest...
- Stoa
Basileios (Ancient Gr****: στοὰ βασίλειος),
meaning Royal Stoa, was a
Doric stoa in the
northwestern corner of the
Athenian Agora,
which was built...
- and the latter's submission, and a
power struggle against the
eunuch Basileios, who was
dismissed in 985. Basil, who
never married or had children, subsequently...
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century when
small anchorite communities,
following the
teachings of
Basileios the Great,
Bishop of Kayseri,
started to
inhabit the
cells hewn in the...
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Basil Vatatzes (Gr****: Βασίλειος Βατάτζης, romanized: Vasileios Vatatzēs, fl. c. 1187–1194) was a
Byzantine military commander, and
likely the
father of...
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called Saint Basil the
Great (Koinē Gr****: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Hágios
Basíleios ho Mégas; Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ,
Piagios Basílios; 330 – 1 or 2 January...
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Abuna Basilios (23
April 1891 – 13
October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born
first Archbishop or Abuna, and
later the
first Patriarch, of the
Ethiopian Orthodox...
- In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also
transliterated as
Basileios. It is
directly descended from the word "King", Gr****: Βασιλιάς. It descends...
