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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos

1256 - 1335

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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (Greek: Νικηφόρος Κάλλιστος Ξανθόπουλος; Latinized as Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus; c. 1256 – 1335) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos is the 3,081st most popular writer (up from 3,580th in 2019). (up from 2,994th in 2019)

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Among writers, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos ranks 3,081 out of 7,302Before him are Consort Ban, Jim Carroll, Josephine Tey, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Al-A'sha, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ. After him are Igor Gouzenko, Philotheus of Pskov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Elmore Leonard, Samuel Smiles, and Antoninus Liberalis.

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Among people born in 1256, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos ranks 7Before him are Robert, Count of Clermont, Gertrude the Great, Henryk IV Probus, Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, and Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia.  Among people deceased in 1335, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos ranks 7Before him are Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Henry of Bohemia, Danashri, Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, Prince Moriyoshi, and John II Orsini.

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