Saint Christopher

Saint

Christopher
Saint; Christopher
	St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child, by Hieronymus Bosch (AD 1485)
Martyr
Born	Unknown; Canaan (Western accounts) or Marmarica (Eastern accounts)
Died	251; Anatolia
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Lutheranism; Oriental Orthodoxy; Anglicanism;
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	24 July (German-speaking dioceses); 25 July (Latin Church); 9 May (Eastern Churches)[1]; 2 Parmouti (Coptic Church)[2];
Attributes	tree, branch, as a giant or ogre, carrying the Christ child, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man
Patronage	athletics, bachelors, transportation (drivers, sailors, etc.), traveling (especially for long journeys), surfing, storms, Brunswick, Saint Christopher's Island (Saint Kitts), Island Rab, Vilnius, Havana, epilepsy, gardeners, toothache

Saint Christopher was a Christian Saint. He was murdered in 251 in Turkey when it was part of the Roman Empire.[3]

He is the patron saint of travelers

References

(in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. 9 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
"الشهيد خريستوفوروس حامل المسيح". St-Takla.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
T.D. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge, MA, 1982). pp. 65–66.

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