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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Callistus m. Greek Κάλλιστος 'most beautiful'.

The name of three popes, one anti-pope, and a patriarch of Constantinople.

France
Latin
● 1119 Calixti (gen) CartNDSaintes VI, Calixtus (nom) ibid. VI; 1121 Calixti (gen) clairvaux-12thc 1; 1123 Calistus (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXV, Calixti (gen) ibid. CXXXV; 1125 Calixti (gen) CartStBert 10
Italy
Latin
● 1527 Callistus (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
Poland
Latin
● 1105 Calixti (gen) CDT1 I; 1275 Kalyxti (gen) ibid. XXIII
Scotland
Latin
● 1122 Calixtus (nom) ESC XLIII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Callistus". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Callistus.