Christophorus

Χριστοφόρος, (patriarch of Alexandria, about A. D. 836. Works τί ὁμοιοῦται ὁ Βίος οὗτος καὶ εἰς ποῖον τέλος καταστρέφει

He wrote an exhortation to asceticism under the title τί ὁμοιοῦται ὁ Βίος οὗτος καὶ εἰς ποῖον τέλος καταστρέφει There are citations from this work in Allatius, ad Eustath. Antioch. p. 254, and Cotelerius, Monum. MSta. in Bibl. Caesar. There are MSS. of the work at Vienna, Paris, Rome, Milan, and Oxford. Editions

It was printed in Greek and Latin, with notes, by F. Morellus, Par. 1608, who mistook it for the work of Theophilus of Alexandria: Θεοφίλου Ἀλεξανδρείας λόγος, τίνι ὁμοιοῦται ἄνθρωπος (Fabricius, Bibl. Graec. vii. p. 109.) Epistle to Theophilus

There is also a synodic epistle to the emperor Theophilus Iconomachus, by Christophorus of Alexandria, Job of Antioch, and Basil of Jerusalem, and 1455 other bishops and clergy, on images, entitled Ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς τὸν Βασιλέα Θεόφιλον περὶ τῶν ἁψίων καὶ σεπτῶν εἰκόνων, which is mentioned by Constantinus Porphyrogenitus in his Narratio de Imaag. Edess. p. 90, and by the author of a MS. Narratio de Imag. B. Virg. ap. Lambec. viii. p. 334.

The work exists in MS. in the Codex Baroccianus, 148. Editions

It was published, in Greek and Latin, first by Combefisius in his Manipul. Rerum. Constant. Par. 1664, 4to., pp. 110-145, and afterwards by Michael le Quien in his edition of Damascenus, Par. 1712, i. p. 629. Further Information

Nessel, Catal. Bibl. Vindobon, pt. v. p. 129; Cave, Hist. Litt. sub anno ; Fabricius, Bibl. Graec. viii. p. 84, ix. p 717, xi. p. 594. [P.S]

the Caesar, son of Constantine V. Copronymus. There is an edict against image-worship issued by him and his brother Nicephorus, A. D. 775, in the Imperial. Decret. de Cult. Imag. of Goldastus, Franc. 1608, 4to., No. 8, p. 75. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. xii. p. 740.) For what is known of the life of Christophorus, see Nicephorus. [P.S]

a native of Mytilene, whose time is unknown, wrote in Iambic verse a Menologium, or history of the saints, arranged according to the saints' days in each month. The MS. was formerly in the Palatine Library, but is now in the Vatican, Cod. 383, No. 7. There are also MISS. of the whole or part of the work at Venice, Moscow, and Paris. It is cited more than once in the Glossarium of Meursius. (Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. ii. Diss. pp. 5, 6; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. xi. p. 594.) [P.S]