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thumb|Chrismon thumb| Chi-Rho symbol with [[Alpha and Omega on a 4th-century sarcophagus (Vatican Museums)]]

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  • Symbols
  • Chi (Χ)
  • Iota Chi (IX)
  • Chi Rho (ΧΡ)
  • IHS
  • Gallery with different formats of the symbol
  • ICXC
  • Lhq
  • Archaeology
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Citations
  • Sources
  • External links

thumb|Chrismon thumb| Chi-Rho symbol with [[Alpha and Omega on a 4th-century sarcophagus (Vatican Museums)]]

A Christogram () is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a religious symbol within the Christian Church.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christogram” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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