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<p> is likewise the name of several early Christians: </p> <p> 1. One of three soldiers of Diocletian's guard, who, being converted, A.D. 269, by the constancy of St. George, suffered charring, scarification, imprisonment, and death, April 19 (Basil, Alenol. 3:63). </p> <p> 2. A deacon, who, with Clement, bishop of Ancyra, and Charito, the second deacon, had his throat cut (A.D. 296) in prison, January 23 (Basil, Menol. 2). </p> <p> 3. A monk at Jerusalem, who testified to the superiority of the common life over the solitary condition of a hermitage (Migne, Patrol. 74:170). </p> <p> 4. [[Bishop]] of [[Arcadiopolis]] in Asia, at the second council of Constantinople, A.D. 553 (Labbe, Concil. 5:582). </p> <p> 5. A Sabaite, martyr in [[Palestine]] under the [[Saracens]] (April 14), in the 8th century (Migne, Dict. Hagiog. s.v.). </p> <p> 6. Dean ("primicier") and counsellor of the see of Rome, who, with his son Sergius, treasurer of the [[Roman]] Church, obtained armed assistance from Desiderius, king of Lombardy, to, dislodge the antipope Constantine. [[Christopher]] opposed the intrusion of Philip, and procured the election of [[Stephen]] III. He attempted to induce Desiderius to restore the [[Church]] property which he had plundered; the king was exasperated, and so used his influence at Rome that the eyes of Christopher and [[Sergius]] were torn out, which in three days caused the death of the former, cir. A.D. 775 (Ceillier, Hist. des Auteur's 12:1117). </p> <p> 7. [[Patriarch]] of [[Alexandria]] (A.D. 804-837), who wrote a "synodical" letter to, the emperor Theophilus, the iconoclast, in favor of the worship of images, citing the story of king Abgarus. It was signed by fourteen hundred and fifty-five bishops and priests. He wrote De Vita Humana (Paris, 1608), under the name of [[Theophilus]] Alexandr. (Cave, Hist. Lit. 2:23). 8. "Patricius, patria Mityleleus," a menologist, author of an iambic Historia Sanctorum, beginning with September and ending with August. He is included by Cave, Hist. Lit. (Dissert. 1), among writers of uncertain date. </p>
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<p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Christopher'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/christopher.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_32210"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/christopher+(2) Christopher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_32213"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/christopher Christopher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Christopher [1]

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Christopher'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/christopher.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

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  1. ↑ Christopher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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