Josaphat
Appearance
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Josaphat can refer to:
People
[edit]- Jehoshaphat, in the Bible, fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah
- 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, Bulgarian priest, rector and teacher
- J.-J. Gagnier (Jean-Josaphat Gagnier), Canadian conductor, composer, and musician
- Josaphata Hordashevska, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun
- Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky (Ukrainian: Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr
- Josaphat Kuntsevych (c.1580 – 1623), Belarusian martyr and saint of the Ruthenian Catholic Church
- Josaphat-Robert Large, Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic
- Yuz Asaf, a sage buried at Srinagar, Kashmir, whose name is interpreted as "Josaphat" by Christians
- Israel Beer Josaphat, the birth name of Paul Reuter
- 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