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Title: A Large X with a P in the Middle
Post by: Stephee on Friday 15 May 09 09:40 BST (UK)
Hello All,
Can anyone help me on this I have recently visited the grave of a Sir Alexander Ball, Malta's first Governor during the British Rule. The tablet in Latin had at the head a large X with a large P in the middle. Is this a Catholic symbol of some form and can anyone explain its significance. Cheers ???
Title: Re: A Large X with a P in the Middle
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 15 May 09 09:43 BST (UK)
It's a Christian (not just Catholic) symbol for Christ from the first 2 letters of the name in Greek:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/Christianity/christian_symbols.html
Title: Re: A Large X with a P in the Middle
Post by: Stephee on Friday 15 May 09 09:50 BST (UK)
My thanks for that aghadowey you have answered a small problem as it is also on the grave of a Sir Ralph Abercrombie who was killed in Egypt in 1801, but buried here in Malta. :)
Title: Re: A Large X with a P in the Middle
Post by: ainslie on Friday 15 May 09 18:18 BST (UK)
Known as Chi  [looks like X, sounds like ch in Scottish loch followed by eye] Rho [looks like P, sounds like roe].