The mosaicist at Hinton St Mary, instead of a symbol, gave him a monogram, the 'Chi Rho' - those two letters of the Greek alphabet that begin Christ's name in Greek, written as though they were X ...

In ancient Rome, early Christians often favored symbols or monograms of Christ’s name ... Χ and Ρ – called chi and rho – of the Greek word for Christ: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣX.

The amulet caused great excitement because it included an early Christian symbol known as the Chi-Rho, a monogram of the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek. Shepton Mallet's theatre was ...

The mosaicist at Hinton St Mary, instead of a symbol, gave him a monogram, the 'Chi Rho' - those two letters of the Greek alphabet that begin Christ's name in Greek, written as though they were X ...