Naples Life,Death & Miracle

Mosaics in the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples Cathedral
Christological monogram (Photo by Vincenzo Alberti)

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These are also known as Christian monograms and Christograms. Generally, as in this case, the name of Christ is a monogram consisting of a stylized rendering of the first two Greek letters of His name--X and P (that is, the sounds ch and r). That monogram of the name of Christ is known as the Chrismon. It is surrounded by the Greek letters alpha and omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. The reference is to the well-known verse in the Bible, Revelation 1:11 (KJV): “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.” This version is crowned.

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