Dorotheus
correspondent (likely a cleric or official of the Greek East)
Dorotheus (Greek Dorotheos) is a name attested here only as the recipient of four letters, appearing across the correspondence of Pope Hormisdas of Rome (r. 514-523) and the vast letter collection of Isidore of Pelusium in Egypt (early 5th century). The name was extremely common in late antiquity, and the figure or figures so designated cannot be securely identified or dated from these letters alone; the two collections may well point to two different men of the same name. He is best described as an obscure correspondent, likely a clergyman or lay official of the Greek East, known chiefly through the letters addressed to him rather than from any independent record. No specific dates, offices, or biographical details should be inferred with confidence.
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Correspondents