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CALLISTUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Pronounced: kə-LIS-təs (English)   [key]

Late Latin name which was derived from Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) "most beautiful". This was the name of three popes (also known as Callixtus), including the 3rd-century Callistus I who is regarded as a saint.
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