Byzantine ecclesiastical historian (c.1256–c.1335)
This article is about the late Byzantine historian. For other uses, see Xanthopoulos.
A Greek and Latin copy of Xanthopoulos' Ecclesiastica Historia ("Church History"); published in 1630.
Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (Greek: Νικηφόρος Κάλλιστος Ξανθόπουλος; Latinized as Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus;[1] c. 1256 – 1335) was a Greek ecclesiastical historian and litterateur of the late Byzantine Empire.[2] 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.[3]
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