Josaphat
Appearance
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Josaphat can refer to:
People
[edit]- Jehoshaphat, in the Bible, fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah
- Saint Josephat, one of:
- Josaphat, a Christian saint of India, appearing in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat
- Yuz Asaf, Arabic and Urdu variations of his name
- Josaphat Kuntsevych (c.1580 – 1623), Belarusian martyr and saint of the Ruthenian Catholic Church; St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr in the current Roman Calendar
- Josaphat, a Christian saint of India, appearing in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat
- Giosafat Barbaro (1413–94), Venetian explorer and diplomat
- Josephat T. Benoit (1900–76), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
- Josaphat Celestin, Haitian-American politician, North Miami's first black mayor
- Josaphat Chichkov (1884 – 1952), Bulgarian priest and martyr
- J.-J. Gagnier (Jean-Josaphat Gagnier, 1885 – 1949), Canadian conductor, composer, and musician
- Josaphata Hordashevska (1869 – 1919), Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun
- Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky (1917 – 1947, Ukrainian: Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr
- Josaphat-Robert Large (1942 – 2017), Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic
- Israel Beer Josaphat, the birth name of Paul Reuter (1816 – 1899), founder of a news agency
- Josaphat (Metropolis) is a main character in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927 film)
Churches
[edit]Other places
[edit]- Valley of Josaphat, mentioned in the biblical book of Joel
- Josaphat Park, a public park located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels
- Planet Nine, which has been called by its original proponents: "Jehoshaphat", "George", and "Phattie".
Other uses
[edit]- Barlaam and Josaphat (book), several books dealing with the lives of Saints Barlaam and Josaphat
- Order of Saint Basil the Great, also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, monastic religious order of the Greek Catholic Church
- Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church