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Feofilakt (male)

Variants:Theophilus (M)
Diminutive(s):Filat (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):Feofil (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes: Russian, from the Greek "guarded by God".

Theophilus, which has a slightly different meaning: "God's love", is a variant used in RC Matyrology for an early sanctified Russian bishop of Nicomedia. The correct Russian equivalent of Theophilus is Feofil which is consequently classified here as a lesser synonym of Feofilakt.