# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theophilus-of-adana
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:28:47.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theophilus-of-adana"
name: "Theophilus of Adana"
slug: "theophilus-of-adana"
description: "Saint Theophilus the Penitent, also known as Theophilus of Cilicia or Theophilus of Adana was a cleric in the sixth century Church who is said to have made a deal with the Devil to gain an ecclesiastical position. His story is significant as it is one of the oldest popular stories of a pact with the Devil and was an inspiration for the Faust legend. Eutychianus of Adana, who claimed to be an eyewitness of the events, is the first to record Theophilus's story."
tagline: "Byzantine saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Legend_of_the_monk_Theophilus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "538"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             1.964573268921095
  historical:           10.080244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adanal%C4%B1_Theofilus"
    title: "Adanalı Theofilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_von_Adana"
    title: "Theophilus von Adana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Θεόφιλος Άδανας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_of_Adana"
    title: "Theophilus of Adana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_el_Penitente"
    title: "Teófilo el Penitente"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C"
    title: "تئوفیلوس آدانایی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_d'Adana"
    title: "Théophile d'Adana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofilo_di_Adana"
    title: "Teofilo di Adana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil_z_Cylicji"
    title: "Teofil z Cylicji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Феофил Аданский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theofilos_i_Cilicien"
    title: "Theofilos i Cilicien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3526702"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump