Acacius
Acacius is a masculine given name which may refer to:
Saints
- Acathius of Melitene, Bishop of Melitene, venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Agathius, also known as Acacius of Byzantium, martyred Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army
- * An early Church of St Acacius existed at Constantinople, possibly connected with this martyr.
- Acacius of Sebaste, Armenian priest
- Acacius, Roman soldier and one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
- Acacius of Amida, Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia
- Acacius of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Oriental Orthodox saint engaged in the Christological controversy
- Saint Acacius, leader of the Ten thousand martyrs, according to medieval legend
- Acacius the Younger, Greek Orthodox monk who lived on Mount Athos
Other uses
- Acacius the grammarian from Caesarea; friend of Libanius
- Acacius of Caesarea, aka "the One-Eyed", bishop in Caesarea, opponent of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
- Acacius of Beroea, Syrian bishop
- Acacius of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Acacius, father of Theodora , empress of the Byzantine Empire
- Acacius, Byzantine proconsul of Armenia Prima, c. 536-539
- Acacius, Byzantine military officer in Alexandria, c. 539-540
- Acacius, Byzantine imperial curator in the 560s
- Acacius, Byzantine imperial representative, active c. 573