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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Xystus (disambiguation)

Xystus         
·noun A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, ·etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather.
Xystus (architectural term)         
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Xystos; Xysti; Xystus (Architectural term); Xyst; Xystarch
Xystus was the Greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exercises took place during the winter or in rainy weather. The Romans applied the term to the garden walk in front of the porticoes, which was divided into flower beds with borders of box, and to a promenade between rows of large trees.
Xyst         
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Xystos; Xysti; Xystus (Architectural term); Xyst; Xystarch
·noun ·Alt. of Xystus.

Wikipedia

Xystus

Xystus has several meanings:

  • Xystus, a Greek architectural term denoting the covered portico of a gymnasium
  • Xystus, another spelling for the Roman name Sixtus
  • Pope Xystus I
  • Pope Xystus II
  • Pope Xystus III
  • Xystus, a Greek student of Pythagoreanism with whom the authors of the Liber Pontificalis perhaps conflated with Xystus I
  • Xystus (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Apostasimerini

See also: Sixtus of Reims