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Photios (Φώτιος) is a Greek name, Latinized as Photius.
It commonly refers to Saint Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810–893), an Eastern Orthodox scholar and Patriarch of Constantinople.
Photios may also refer to:
- Saint Photius the Martyr, a Christian martyr under Emperor Diocletian (died 305)
- Photios (Emirate of Crete) (fl. 870s), Byzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete
- Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1431)
- Photios II of Constantinople (1874–1935)
- Patriarch Photius of Alexandria (died 1925)
- Photios of Korytsa (1862–1906), Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë
- Photios Kontoglou (1895–1965), Greek writer and iconographer
The modern diminutive variant Fotis (Φώτης) may refer to:
- Fotis Kafatos (born 1940), Greek biologist
- Fotis Kouvelis (born 1948), Greek lawyer and politician
- Fotis Vasilopoulos (born 1986), Greek basketball player
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