To provide an alkaline-earth metal halogen phosphor that has high luminescent characteristics even when used with an excitation light source that emits light of the near-ultraviolet region, a phosphor-containing composition and a light emitting device using the phosphor, and a display and an illuminating device using the light emitting device,
the phosphor of the present invention has a chemical composition represented by the formula (1) below and an external quantum efficiency, when excited with light of 400-nm wavelength, of 77% or higher.
(Sr10-x-y-zMxEuyMnz)(PO4)6(Cl1-aQa)2 (1)
(In the above formula (1), “M” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Mg, and Zn, “Q” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of F, Br, and I, and each of “x”, “y”, “z”, and “a” represents a number satisfying the following requirements: 0≦x<10, 0.3≦y≦1.5, 0≦z≦3, 0≦a≦1, and x+y+z≦10.)