Theophilus

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Theophilus
     lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke
     dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of the
     Apostles (1:1). Nothing beyond this is known of him. From the
     fact that Luke applies to him the title "most excellent", the
     same title Paul uses in addressing Felix (Acts 23:26; 24:3) and


     Festus (26:25), it has been concluded that Theophilus was a
     person of rank, perhaps a Roman officer.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Theophilus, friend of God