Athleta Christi

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The honorary title Athleta Christi ( Latin for Christ's fighter ) was awarded in the 15th century by the popes to people who had made a special contribution to the military defense of Christianity against the Ottoman Empire . The recourse to the ancient Greek term of the athlete is probably related to the enthusiasm for antiquity in the Renaissance epoch . The award winners include:

• Skanderbeg , Albanian prince of the castriots
• Johann Hunyadi , Hungarian military leader
• Ștefan cel Mare , Prince of Moldova

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Babinger: Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time . Ed .: Princeton University Press. 1992, ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6 , pp. 152-153 .
2. ^ Gjon Sinishta: The fulfilled promise . a documentary account of religious persecution in Albania. 1976, p. 6 ( online version [accessed December 9, 2012]).