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Gregory the Patrician (Greek: Γρηγόριος, romanized: Grēgórios; Latin: Flavius Gregorius, died 647) was a Byzantine Exarch of Africa (modern Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya). A relative of the ruling Heraclian dynasty , Gregory was fiercely pro- Chalcedonian and led a rebellion in 646 against Emperor Constans II over the ...
Patricia Gregory MBE (born c.1947, London, England [1]) is an advocate for women's football in England. She was a founding member of the Women's Football Association (WFA) and acted as its second Honorary Secretary from 1973 to 1981.
After Gregory's death, the Arabs sacked Sufetula and raided across the Exarchate, while the Byzantines withdrew to their fortresses. Unable to storm the Byzantine fortifications, and satisfied with the huge amounts of plunder they had made, the Arabs agreed to depart in exchange for the payment of a heavy tribute in gold.
Orazio Ludovisi (July 1561 – 2-30 November 1624) was an Italian nobleman, military commander and patrician of Bologna. During his brother's reign as Pope Gregory XV, he became Commander of the Papal Armies, Roman Noble and 1st Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo.
Gregory referred to him as a pious and clement lord, and compared his wife (the new Empress) Leontia to Marcian's consort Pulcheria (whom the Council of Chalcedon called the new Helena). In May 603, portraits of the imperial couple arrived in Rome and were ordered by the pope to be placed in the oratory of St. Caesarius in the imperial palace ...
Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία; c. 775 – after 826) was the empress consort of Leo V the Armenian.Theodosia was the daughter of Arsaber, a Byzantine patrician.The name and rank of her father were recorded by both Genesius and Theophanes Continuatus, the continuer to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor.
Strategius Apion was the son of a senior Strategius and a patrician in the Byzantine Empire. He had a son named Strategius, named in one of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.This son and his wife Eusebia maintained friendly relations with Pope Gregory I, mentioned in his extant correspondence. [2]
Nicetas was born in Paphlagonia in 761/62, and his parents were probably named Gregory and Anna. Later tradition held that he was a descendant of Empress Theodora, the wife of Theophilos (r. 829–842). This is clearly impossible, but some sort of relation cannot be excluded.