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Thanks!!! Anneza and Lucille

Definitely! The thingy at the beginning that looks like Xp is the good old Chi-Rho, which gives you Chr(ist) and then the rest makes Christopher quite comfortably. (Rather like the X for Merry Xmas, except that chi-rho also provides the r.) And the -us doesn't necessarily mean that he used that form of the name - people would often use the Latin forms of their names in writing, on formal occasions, but just be Christo in everyday life.

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Vmfidi is making me think of Humphrey! Drop the H, use V for U like the ancient Romans, and you're still faced with explaining the total absence of an r ... but perhaps it might give you something to go on?

Yes, it definitely is Christophorus. Names with Chris- often get written with an X in those days. I've experienced a few of such cases myself - Xtianus, for example - which is Christianus.