Talk:Charalambos

Historical Accuracy

Does anyone else feel that this article is based more on legend than historical fact? -- Ledcraft 01:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

You are not alone. I'm further concerned that this account may be based on later legends (say after AD 1000), rather than ones closer to the time of his death. No way to tell from the article as it currently stands. -- llywrch 01:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately this tends to be the case with Eastern saints. Their lives are usually entirely conflated and mysticized. I am going to rename the section "Life" as "Legend of life", I think. Alekjds ^talk 03:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, never mind, I think it adequately purports itself as legend in the text of the article. I do, of course, still agree with the assessment made about the historical accuracy. The fact is that that's all there is, the legend. Alekjds ^talk 03:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I understand: I encountered a similar problem when I worked on Tekle Haymanot. In any case, it would be a help if sources were provided in these cases. I'd evaluate information taken from a 3rd century life far differently than from a 13th century life. (And it is a far different matter than the earlier one is more reliable than the older -- which in some cases is not the case.) -- llywrch 21:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

There is no way in hell he lived to be 113. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.34.8.200 (talk • contribs)

I don't see why that's out of the question. Alekjds ^talk 20:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Rename?

This really should be under Charalampus. InfernoXV 04:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

The spelling used bin the article was predominantly Charalampos, I have made it uniform. However looking at use in books

• https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=St+Charalambus%2Cst+Charalambos%2C+Saint+Charalambus%2Csaint+Charalambos%2C&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CSt%20Charalambos%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CSaint%20Charalambos%3B%2Cc0 Saint Charalambos is used more than -bus
• https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=St+Charalampus%2Cst+Charalampos%2CSaint+Charalampus%2Csaint+Charalampos&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=&direct_url= Neither -pus nor -pos are found after "saint" or "st"
• https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=S+Charalampus%2Cs+Charalampos%2CS+Charalambus%2Cs+Charalambos&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=&direct_url= None of -pus -pos -bus - bos are found following "S"
• https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Charalampus%2CCharalampos%2CCharalambus%2CCharalambos&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CCharalampos%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CCharalambus%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CCharalambos%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BCharalambos%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BCHARALAMBOS%3B%2Cc0 Charalambos is the most common without a prefix, Charalampus is not found at all.

In conclusion the correct WP:COMMONNAME for this article is Saint Charalambos or Charalambos, and that is probably the spelling we should use in the article. I will make the changes.

All the best, Rich Farmbrough, 12:58, 27 March 2014 (UTC).

Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 18:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Magnesia

The town was fixed according the Greek Wikipedia.--Sergius-eu (talk) 09:04, 23 February 2016 (UTC)