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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos

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Byzantine ecclesiastical historian (c.1256-c.1335)

WritersLived 1256 to 1335 · aged 79
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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos was a Greek ecclesiastical historian and litterateur of the late Byzantine Empire.

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A Greek and Latin copy of Xanthopoulos' Ecclesiastica Historia ("Church History"); published in 1630.A Greek and Latin copy of Xanthopoulos' Ecclesiastica Historia ("Church History"); published in 1630.

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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos was a Greek ecclesiastical historian and litterateur of the late Byzantine Empire. His most popular work, the voluminous Ecclesiastica historia, constitutes a significant documentary source on primitive Christianity and its doctrinal controversies, as well as for hagiographical, liturgical, and legendary texts from Byzantine culture.

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Lived 1256 to 1335 · aged 79
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