Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian.   Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, of their orthodoxy or lack of it, or of their actions.  Readers are encouraged to suggest persons who should be included on this list.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Cardinal Hugo de Caro: Roman Catholic Cardinal who, in 1238, devised the system of dividing the books of the Bible into chapters.

Robert I. Estienne: (b. 1503, France – d. 1559; aka: Robertus Stephanus, Robert Stephens) Protestant printer and classical scholar who divided the New Testament into verses in 1551.

Prochorus: One of the first men elected as a deacon (Acts 6:5), to take care of the Greek-speaking widows and those Christians who lived in poverty in Jerusalem.

Sopatros: (aka: Sopater, Sosipater) A Berean Christian companion of Paul on his last journey from Corinth (Korinthos, Greece) to Jerusalem.  He is called Sosipater in Romans 16:21.

Francesca Xavier Cabrini: (b. 1850, Italy – d. 1917, aka: St. Frances Cabrini; Mother Cabrini)  She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and was the first American citizen canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.