Hermogenes

For the genus of moth, see Hermogenes (moth).

Hermogenes

Origin
Word/name	Greek
Other names
Related names	Diogenes

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)

• Hermogenes (magister officiorum), (fl. 530s), Byzantine official and military leader
• Patriarch Hermogenes (died 1612), Russian religious leader
• Hermogenes, Bishop of Tobolsk and Siberia (1858–1918), Russian religious leader
• Hermógenes Fonseca (born 1908), Brazilian footballer
• Hermógenes L. Mora (born 1979), Nicaraguan poet

Notes

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