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Hosius

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Hosius may refer to:

People[edit]

  • Hosius of Corduba (c. 257-359), bishop, leader of the First Council of Nicaea, and advisor of Constantine the Great
  • Stanislaus Hosius (1504-1579), bishop of Chełmno and Warmia, cardinal, and leader of the Counter-Reformation
  • Stanisław Józef Hozjusz (1674-1738), bishop of Przemyśl, Livonia, Kamianets-Podilskyi and Poznań
  • Ulrich Hosius (c. 1455-1535), mint-master, the horodniczy of Vilnius, and father of cardinal Stanislaus Hosius

Other uses[edit]

  • Hozyusz coat of arms, used by several noble families in the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania

See also[edit]