• Athleta Christi (Latin: "Champion of Christ") was a class of Early Christian soldier martyrs or military saints, of whom the most familiar example is...
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    Skanderbeg (category Athleta Christi)
    See) in the war against the Ottomans. The Pope gave him the title Athleta Christi, or Champion of Christ. Meanwhile, Ragusa bluntly refused to release...
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    Louis I of Hungary (category Athleta Christi)
    Louis I, also Louis the Great (Hungarian: Nagy Lajos; Croatian: Ludovik Veliki; Slovak: Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian (Polish: Ludwik Węgierski;...
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    John Hunyadi (category Athleta Christi)
    and preserved his influence in the Diet up until his death. This Athleta Christi (Christ's Champion), as Pope Pius II referred to him, died some three...
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    awarded the title Athleta Christi ("Champion of Christ") by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "verus christianae fidei athleta" ("the true defender...
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    Stephen the Great (category Athleta Christi)
    Ottoman army in the Battle of Vaslui in 1475. He was referred to as Athleta Christi ("Champion of Christ") by Pope Sixtus IV, even though Moldavia's hopes...
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    awarded the title "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "verus christianae fidei athleta" ("the true defender...
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    Soldiers of Christ, which became the center of a 2023 murder case. Athleta Christi Militia Dei Military order (society) Military saint Mujahideen Regimini...
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    during the time of the Crusades. The title of "champion of Christ" (athleta Christi) was originally used for these saints, but in the late medieval period...
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    figures of the 15th century: Pope Pius II awarded him the title of Athleta Christi, or Champion of Christ, for being the only hope of resisting the Ottomans...
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    whereupon he devoted his life to Christian service and became an Athleta Christi, one of the military saints. Cynocephali also figure in medieval Christian...
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    the red background, and his victories brought him the papal title Athleta Christi. The eagle was used for heraldic purposes in the Middle Ages by a number...
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    coat of arms of Stephen III the Great (who was also given the title Athleta Christi by Pope Sixtus IV for defending Europe against the Ottoman Turks at...
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  • awarded the title "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "verus christianae fidei athleta" ("the true defender...
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