CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Saint Christopher - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"05763214-4e91-4851-94fb-3a3c88a97698","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Saint_Christopher","wgTitle":"Saint Christopher","wgCurRevisionId":1258598039,"wgRevisionId":1258598039,"wgArticleId":245437,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with Greek-language sources (el)","CS1 French-language sources (fr)","Webarchive template wayback links","CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr)","CS1: long volume value","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from January 2024","Articles containing Greek-language text","Articles containing Latin-language text","Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text", "Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text","Articles containing French-language text","Articles containing Spanish-language text","Articles containing Portuguese-language text","All articles that may have off-topic sections","Wikipedia articles that may have off-topic sections from October 2024","Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference","Commons link from Wikidata","Fourteen Holy Helpers","251 deaths","3rd-century Christian martyrs","Dogs in religion","Giants","Military saints","Mythological human hybrids","People whose existence is disputed","Saints from the Holy Land"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Saint_Christopher","wgRelevantArticleId":245437,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive": false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":30000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q193507","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready", "site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","mediawiki.page.gallery.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth", "ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cmediawiki.page.gallery.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/1200px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1910"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/800px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1273"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/640px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1019"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Saint Christopher - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Saint_Christopher rootpage-Saint_Christopher skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Saint+Christopher" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Saint+Christopher" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Saint+Christopher" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Saint+Christopher" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Legend" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legend"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Legend</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legend-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veneration_and_patronage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veneration_and_patronage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Veneration and patronage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Veneration_and_patronage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Veneration and patronage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Veneration_and_patronage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Eastern_Orthodox_liturgy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastern_Orthodox_liturgy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Eastern Orthodox liturgy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastern_Orthodox_liturgy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roman_Catholic_liturgy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Catholic_liturgy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Roman Catholic liturgy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Catholic_liturgy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Churches_and_monasteries_dedicated_to_the_Saint" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Churches_and_monasteries_dedicated_to_the_Saint"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Churches and monasteries dedicated to the Saint</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Churches_and_monasteries_dedicated_to_the_Saint-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Churches and monasteries dedicated to the Saint subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Churches_and_monasteries_dedicated_to_the_Saint-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Relics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Relics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Relics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Relics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Saint_Christopher's_"gigantic_tooth"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saint_Christopher's_"gigantic_tooth""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Saint Christopher's "gigantic tooth"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saint_Christopher's_"gigantic_tooth"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Medals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_patronage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_patronage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>General patronage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_patronage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Patronage_of_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Patronage_of_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Patronage of places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Patronage_of_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Toponomy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Toponomy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Toponomy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Toponomy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iconography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iconography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Iconography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iconography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Depictions_in_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Depictions_in_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Depictions in art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Depictions_in_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Christopher</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 54 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-54" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">54 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Christopher" title="Sint Christopher – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Sint Christopher" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3)" title="كريستوفور (قديس) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كريستوفور (قديس)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCq%C9%99dd%C9%99s_Xristofor" title="Müqəddəs Xristofor – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Müqəddəs Xristofor" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Святы Хрыстафор – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Святы Хрыстафор" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Сьвяты Хрыстафор – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сьвяты Хрыстафор" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Свети Христофор – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Свети Христофор" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Kristof" title="Sant Kristof – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sant Kristof" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B2for_de_L%C3%ADcia" title="Cristòfor de Lícia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cristòfor de Lícia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Kry%C5%A1tof" title="Svatý Kryštof – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Svatý Kryštof" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristoffer" title="Cristoffer – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cristoffer" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Kristoffer" title="Sankt Kristoffer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sankt Kristoffer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophorus" title="Christophorus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Christophorus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoforus" title="Kristoforus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kristoforus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Άγιος Χριστόφορος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άγιος Χριστόφορος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_de_Licia" title="Cristóbal de Licia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cristóbal de Licia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoforo_(martiro)" title="Kristoforo (martiro) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kristoforo (martiro)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristobal_Liziakoa" title="Kristobal Liziakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kristobal Liziakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="کریستوفر قدیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کریستوفر قدیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_de_Lycie" title="Christophe de Lycie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Christophe de Lycie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoffel_(hillige)" title="Kristoffel (hillige) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kristoffel (hillige)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristovo_de_Licia" title="Cristovo de Licia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cristovo de Licia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A0%ED%8F%AC%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A4" title="크리스토포로스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="크리스토포로스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Kristofor" title="Sveti Kristofor – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sveti Kristofor" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoforus" title="Kristoforus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kristoforus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristoforo" title="San Cristoforo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="San Cristoforo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9" title="כריסטופורוס הקדוש – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כריסטופורוס הקדוש" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="მოწამე ქრისტეფორე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მოწამე ქრისტეფორე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristofa_wa_Lisia" title="Kristofa wa Lisia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kristofa wa Lisia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophorus_(sanctus)" title="Christophorus (sanctus) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Christophorus (sanctus)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellege_Christophorus" title="Hellege Christophorus – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Hellege Christophorus" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ventasis_Kristoforas" title="Šventasis Kristoforas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šventasis Kristoforas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Krist%C3%B3f" title="Szent Kristóf – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szent Kristóf" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1" title="متياس كريستوفر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="متياس كريستوفر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Lyci%C3%AB" title="Christoffel van Lycië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Christoffel van Lycië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9" title="クリストフォロス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クリストフォロス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kristoffer" title="St. Kristoffer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="St. Kristoffer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_(m%C4%99czennik)" title="Krzysztof (męczennik) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Krzysztof (męczennik)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_da_L%C3%ADcia" title="Cristóvão da Lícia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cristóvão da Lícia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sf%C3%A2ntul_Cristofor" title="Sfântul Cristofor – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sfântul Cristofor" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Христофор Ликийский – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Христофор Ликийский" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher" title="Saint Christopher – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Saint Christopher" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kri%C5%A1tof_(sv%C3%A4tec)" title="Krištof (svätec) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Krištof (svätec)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Kri%C5%A1tof" title="Sveti Krištof – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Sveti Krištof" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Свети Христифор – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Свети Христифор" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Kristofor" title="Sveti Kristofor – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sveti Kristofor" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Kristoforos" title="Pyhä Kristoforos – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pyhä Kristoforos" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoffer_(helgon)" title="Kristoffer (helgon) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kristoffer (helgon)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="புனித கிறிஸ்தோபர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="புனித கிறிஸ்தோபர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="นักบุญคริสโตเฟอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="นักบุญคริสโตเฟอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristoforos" title="Hristoforos – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hristoforos" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Христофор Лікійський – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Христофор Лікійський" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1" title="مقدس کرسٹوفر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مقدس کرسٹوفر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B2fo%C5%82o" title="San Cristòfoło – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="San Cristòfoło" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%E5%A4%9A%E7%A6%8F" title="聖克里斯多福 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="聖克里斯多福" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q193507#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Saint_Christopher" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Saint_Christopher" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Saint_Christopher" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&oldid=1258598039" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Saint_Christopher&id=1258598039&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSaint_Christopher"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSaint_Christopher"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Saint_Christopher&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q193507" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Christian saint</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Saint Christopher (disambiguation)">Saint Christopher (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For places named for the saint in various languages, see <a href="/wiki/Saint-Christophe_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Saint-Christophe (disambiguation)">Saint-Christophe</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="San Cristóbal (disambiguation)">San Cristóbal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="São Cristóvão (disambiguation)">São Cristóvão</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above n" style="font-size:125%;background-color:gold;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="display:inline;font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">Saint</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Christopher</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/220px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/330px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg/440px-Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3990" data-file-height="6350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i><a href="/wiki/St._Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child">St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch" title="Hieronymus Bosch">Hieronymus Bosch</a> (AD 1485)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:gold;"><a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">Martyr</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown<br /><a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaan</a> (Western accounts) or <a href="/wiki/Marmarica" title="Marmarica">Marmarica</a> (Eastern account)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">251<br /><a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venerated in</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodoxy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheranism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodoxy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">Canonized</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pre-Congregation" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Congregation">Pre-Congregation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>24 July (German-speaking dioceses)</li> <li>25 July (<a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar" title="General Roman Calendar">General Roman Calendar</a>)</li> <li>9 May (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Churches">Eastern Churches</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2 Parmouti (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Church</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Saint_symbolism" title="Saint symbolism">Attributes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">tree, branch, as a <a href="/wiki/Giant_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giant (mythology)">giant</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ogre" title="Ogre">ogre</a>, carrying the Christ child, Spear, shield, as a dog-headed man</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">Patronage</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_(physical_culture)" title="Athletics (physical culture)">athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bachelor" title="Bachelor">bachelors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation">transportation</a> (drivers, sailors, etc.), <a href="/wiki/Travel" title="Travel">traveling</a> (especially for long journeys), <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Storm" title="Storm">storms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Brunswick</a>, Saint Christopher's Island (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a>), <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Rab" class="mw-redirect" title="Island of Rab">Island of Rab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epilepsy</a>, gardeners, <a href="/wiki/Toothache" title="Toothache">toothache</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Saint Christopher</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος</span>, <span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Hágios Christóphoros</i></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Christ-bearer</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Sanctus Christophorus</i>) is venerated by several <a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a> denominations. According to these traditions, he was a <a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">martyr</a> killed in the reign of the 3rd-century <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Decius" title="Decius">Decius</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 249–251</span>), or alternatively under the emperor <a href="/wiki/Maximinus_Daia" class="mw-redirect" title="Maximinus Daia">Maximinus Daia</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 308–313</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Churches and monasteries were named after him by the 7th century. There is no evidence for the <a href="/wiki/Historicity" title="Historicity">historicity</a> of the saint.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most famous legend connected to the saint recounts that after converting to Christianity, he devoted his life to carrying travelers across a river. One day he carried an unknown young boy across a river after which the boy revealed himself as Christ. Because of his help to travelers, he became the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of travelers. In the iconography of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Church</a>, the saint is often depicted as a giant with a staff carrying the infant Jesus across a river on his shoulders. Small images of him are often worn around the neck, on a bracelet, carried in a pocket, or placed in vehicles. He is one of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Fourteen Holy Helpers">Fourteen Holy Helpers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Church</a> tradition depicts the saint as a <a href="/wiki/Cynocephaly" title="Cynocephaly">cynocephalus</a> ('dog-headed creature') in a literal interpretation of its legendary tradition. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Legends about the life and death of Saint Christopher first appeared in Greece in the 6th century and had spread to France by the 9th century. The 11th-century bishop and poet <a href="/wiki/Walter_of_Speyer" title="Walter of Speyer">Walter of Speyer</a> gave one version, but the most popular variations originated from the 13th-century <i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Legend" title="Golden Legend">Golden Legend</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mershman_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the legendary account of his life Christopher was initially called <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Reprobus</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaanite</a>, 5 cubits (7.5 feet (2.3 m)) tall<sup id="cite_ref-Molteni2019_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molteni2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with a fearsome face. While serving the king of Canaan, he took it into his head to go and serve "the greatest king there was". He went to the king who was reputed to be the greatest, but one day he saw the king <a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_cross" title="Sign of the cross">cross himself</a> at the mention of the devil. On thus learning that the king feared the <a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">devil</a>, he departed to look for the devil. He came across a band of marauders, one of whom declared himself to be the devil, so Christopher decided to serve him. But when he saw his new master avoid a wayside cross and found out that the devil feared Christ, he left him and enquired from people where to find Christ. He met a <a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">hermit</a> who instructed him in the Christian faith. Christopher asked him how he could serve Christ. When the hermit suggested fasting and prayer, Christopher replied that he was unable to perform that service. The hermit then suggested that because of his size and strength Christopher could serve Christ by assisting people to cross a dangerous river, where they were perishing in the attempt. The hermit promised that this service would be pleasing to Christ. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg/300px-Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg/450px-Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg/600px-Orazio_Gentileschi_-_Landscape_with_St_Christopher_-_WGA8576.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3698" data-file-height="2764" /></a><figcaption><i>Landscape with St Christopher</i> by <a href="/wiki/Orazio_Gentileschi" title="Orazio Gentileschi">Orazio Gentileschi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After Christopher had performed this service for some time, a little child asked him to take him across the river. During the crossing, the river became swollen and the child seemed as heavy as lead, so much that Christopher could scarcely carry him and found himself in great difficulty. When he finally reached the other side, he said to the child: "You have put me in the greatest danger. I do not think the whole world could have been as heavy on my shoulders as you were." The child replied: "You had on your shoulders not only the whole world but Him who made it. I am Christ your king, whom you are serving by this work." The child then vanished.<sup id="cite_ref-Crawley_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crawley-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christopher later visited <a href="/wiki/Lycia" title="Lycia">Lycia</a> and there comforted the Christians who were being martyred. Brought before the local king, he refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods. The king tried to win him by riches and by sending two beautiful women to tempt him. Christopher converted the women to Christianity, as he had already converted thousands in the city. The king ordered him to be killed. Various attempts failed, but finally Christopher was beheaded.<sup id="cite_ref-Crawley_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crawley-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name <i><a href="/wiki/Christopher" title="Christopher">Christopher</a></i>, as used in the <a href="/wiki/Anglophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophone">Anglophone</a> world, is the English version of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Greek</a> name <span title="Koinē Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">Χριστόφορος</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">Christóphoros</i></span> or <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Christ%C3%B3foros" title="Christóforos">Christóforos</a></i></span>). It is formed from the word elements <span title="Koinē Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">Χριστός</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">Christós</i></span>, 'Christ'), and <span title="Koinē Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">φέρειν</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">phérein</i></span>, 'to bear'), together signifying, "Christ bearer". Widely dispersed into other languages and cultures from the Greek, many native forms of <i>Christopher</i> are used both to refer to the saint and as a personal name.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg/210px-Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg/315px-Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg/420px-Master_of_St_Christopher_with_the_devil_-_The_martyrdom_of_Saint_Christopher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="1833" /></a><figcaption><i>The martyrdom of Saint Christopher</i> by the Master of St Christopher with the devil, c. 1515</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veneration_and_patronage">Veneration and patronage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Veneration and patronage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Orthodox_liturgy">Eastern Orthodox liturgy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eastern Orthodox liturgy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> venerates Christopher of Lycea (or <a href="/wiki/Lycia" title="Lycia">Lycia</a>) with a <a href="/wiki/Feast_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast Day">Feast Day</a> on 9 May. The liturgical reading and hymns refer to his imprisonment by <a href="/wiki/Decius_(emperor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Decius (emperor)">Decius</a> who tempts Christopher with <a href="/wiki/Harlots" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlots">harlots</a> before ordering his beheading.<sup id="cite_ref-GOAA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kontakion" title="Kontakion">Kontakion in the Fourth Tone</a> (hymn) reads:<sup id="cite_ref-GOAA_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>Thou who wast terrifying both in strength and in countenance, for thy Creator's sake thou didst surrender thyself willingly to them that sought thee; for thou didst persuade both them and the women that sought to arouse in thee the fire of lust, and they followed thee in the path of martyrdom. And in torments thou didst prove to be courageous. Wherefore, we have gained thee as our great protector, O great Christopher.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_Catholic_liturgy">Roman Catholic liturgy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman Catholic liturgy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Martyrology" title="Roman Martyrology">Roman Martyrology</a> remembers him on 25 July.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_calendar" title="Tridentine calendar">Tridentine calendar</a> commemorates him on the same day only in private <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Masses</a>. By <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar_of_1954" title="General Roman Calendar of 1954">1954</a> his commemoration had been extended to all Masses, but it was dropped in <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar" title="General Roman Calendar">1970</a> as part of the general reorganization of the calendar of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman rite">Roman rite</a> as mandated by the <a href="/wiki/Motu_proprio" title="Motu proprio">motu proprio</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mysterii_Paschalis" title="Mysterii Paschalis">Mysterii Paschalis</a></i>. His commemoration is of Roman tradition, in view of the relatively late date (about 1550) and limited manner in which it was accepted into the Roman calendar,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but his feast continues to be observed locally.<sup id="cite_ref-butler_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butler-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churches_and_monasteries_dedicated_to_the_Saint">Churches and monasteries dedicated to the Saint</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Churches and monasteries dedicated to the Saint"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A stone inscription of 2 m × 1 m (6 ft 7 in × 3 ft 3 in) was found in the ruins of a church in the ruins of the ancient city <a href="/wiki/Chalcedon" title="Chalcedon">Chalcedon</a> near present day <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>. The inscription bears witness to the laying of the foundation stone, the construction and the consecration of a church in the name of "Saint Christopher's Martyrdom". The inscription states that this Church of St Christopher dates back to the time of the Fourth Ecumenical Council, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inscription also mentions the names of the state ministers of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> and those church ministers who were involved in the laying of the foundation stone, the construction or the consecration of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inscription attests to the veneration of Saint Christopher in Chalcedon in the 5th century. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Nunnery" class="mw-redirect" title="Nunnery">nunnery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Galatia" title="Galatia">Galatia</a> was consecrated to Saint Christopher around the year 600.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relics">Relics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Relics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Museum of Sacred Art at Saint Justine's Church (Sveta Justina) in <a href="/wiki/Rab_(town)" title="Rab (town)">Rab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> claims a gold-plated <a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">reliquary</a> holds the skull of St. Christopher. According to church tradition, a bishop showed the relics from the city wall in 1075 in order to end a siege of the city by an <a href="/wiki/Italo-Norman" class="mw-redirect" title="Italo-Norman">Italo-Norman</a> army.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cathedral of St. James in <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik" title="Šibenik">Šibenik</a> holds a relic claimed to be the incorrupt leg of the saint is kept at the . It was brought over in 1484 from <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> through <a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Corfu</a> and originally intended to be transferred to <a href="/wiki/Kor%C4%8Dula" title="Korčula">Korčula</a>. The feast day of Saint Christopher is celebrated on 27 July in Šibenik.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greek Orthodox churches in <a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filothei-Psychiko" title="Filothei-Psychiko">Filothei</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a> hold other relics claimed to be those of the saint. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Christopher_Medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Saint_Christopher_Medal.png/110px-Saint_Christopher_Medal.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Saint_Christopher_Medal.png/165px-Saint_Christopher_Medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Saint_Christopher_Medal.png/220px-Saint_Christopher_Medal.png 2x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption> A bronze St. Christopher medallion</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Saint_Christopher's_"gigantic_tooth""><span id="Saint_Christopher.27s_.22gigantic_tooth.22"></span>Saint Christopher's "gigantic tooth"</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Saint Christopher's "gigantic tooth""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Late Middle Ages, a claimed large tooth of St. Christopher was delivered to the church in <a href="/wiki/Vercelli" title="Vercelli">Vercelli</a>. Pilgrims came from all over Europe to look at this relic until the end of 18th century when a naturalist determined it was a tooth of a <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippopotamus</a>. The tooth was then removed from the altar and its veneration prohibited.<sup id="cite_ref-Molteni2019_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molteni2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medals">Medals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Medals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Devotional_medal" title="Devotional medal">Devotional medals</a> with St. Christopher's name and image are commonly worn as <a href="/wiki/Pendant" title="Pendant">pendants</a>, especially by travelers, to show devotion and as a request for his blessing. Miniature statues are frequently displayed in <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobiles</a>. In French a widespread phrase for such medals is <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Regarde St Christophe et va-t-en rassuré</i></span> ("Look at St Christopher and go on reassured", sometimes translated as "Behold St Christopher and go your way in safety"); Saint Christopher medals and <a href="/wiki/Holy_card" title="Holy card">holy cards</a> in Spanish have the phrase <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Si en San Cristóbal confías, de accidente no morirás</i></span> ("If you trust St. Christopher, you won't die in an accident").<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_patronage">General patronage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: General patronage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>St. Christopher was a widely popular saint, especially revered by athletes, <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferrymen</a>, and travelers.<sup id="cite_ref-mershman_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is revered as one of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Fourteen Holy Helpers">Fourteen Holy Helpers</a>. He holds patronage of things related to travel and travelers—against <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infectious_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Infectious disease">pestilence</a>—and patronage for <a href="/wiki/Archery" title="Archery">archers</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bachelor" title="Bachelor">bachelors</a>; boatmen; soldiers; <a href="/wiki/Bookbinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookbinder">bookbinders</a>; <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epilepsy</a>; floods; fruit dealers; <a href="/wiki/Fulling" title="Fulling">fullers</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gardener" title="Gardener">gardeners</a>; a holy death; mariners; market carriers; motorists and drivers; sailors; storms; surfers;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Toothache" title="Toothache">toothache</a>; mountaineering; and transportation workers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif/170px-Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif/255px-Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif/340px-Saint_christopher_cynocephalus.gif 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="1773" /></a><figcaption>In Eastern icons, Saint Christopher is sometimes represented with the <a href="/wiki/Cynocephaly" title="Cynocephaly">head of a dog</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patronage_of_places">Patronage of places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Patronage of places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christopher is the patron saint of many places, including: <a href="/wiki/Baden" title="Baden">Baden, Germany</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-mershman_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barga,_Tuscany" title="Barga, Tuscany">Barga, Italy</a>; <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Brunswick, Germany</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-mershman_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg, Germany</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-mershman_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rab_(town)" title="Rab (town)">Rab, Croatia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Roermond" title="Roermond">Roermond, the Netherlands</a>; Saint Christopher's Island (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a>); <a href="/wiki/Toses" title="Toses">Toses, Catalonia, Spain</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mondim_de_Basto" title="Mondim de Basto">Mondim de Basto, Portugal</a>; <a href="/wiki/Agrinio" title="Agrinio">Agrinio, Greece</a>; <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius, Lithuania</a>; <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga, Latvia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana, Cuba</a>; <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_Dominican_Republic" title="San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic">San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic</a>; <a href="/wiki/Paete" title="Paete">Paete, Laguna, Philippines</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Tivim" title="Tivim">Tivim, Goa, India</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Toponomy">Toponomy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Toponomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous places are named for the saint, including <a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Christopher Island">Saint Christopher Island</a>, the official name of the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts, and <a href="/wiki/St._Christopher_Island" title="St. Christopher Island">St. Christopher Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>. Many places are named after the saint in other languages, for example <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Saint-Christophe</i></span> is a common French place name; similarly, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">San Cristóbal</i></span> is a place name in many Spanish-speaking or Spanish-influenced countries, and the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">São Cristóvão</i></span> is in use throughout the <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iconography">Iconography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Iconography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because St. Christopher offered protection to travelers and against sudden death, many churches placed images or statues of him, usually opposite the south door, so he could be easily seen.<sup id="cite_ref-butler_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butler-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is usually depicted as a giant, with a child on his shoulder and a staff in one hand.<sup id="cite_ref-magill_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-magill-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In England, there are more wall paintings of St. Christopher than of any other saint;<sup id="cite_ref-butler_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butler-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1904, Mrs. Collier, writing for the <a href="/wiki/British_Archaeological_Association" title="British Archaeological Association">British Archaeological Association</a>, reported 183 paintings, statues, and other representations of the saint, outnumbering all others except for the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-collier_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collier-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, certain icons identify Saint Christopher with the head of a dog. Such images may carry echoes of the Egyptian dog-headed god, <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a>. Because of the association of the representation of dog-headed saint with stories of werewolves or of monstrous races, the Russian Orthodox Church proscribed the depiction of the saint with a dog head in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> The roots of that iconography lie in a <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiographic narrative</a> set during the reign of the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a>, which tells of a man named <i>Reprebus</i>, (also, <i>Rebrebus</i> or <i>Reprobus</i>; 'the reprobate' or 'scoundrel'). He was captured by Roman forces fighting against tribes dwelling to the west of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a> and forced to join the Roman <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">numerus Marmaritarum</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ('Unit of the Marmaritae'). He was reported to be of enormous size, with the head of a dog instead of a man. This was in line with the cultural beliefs of the time, which held that typical Marmaritae were tall, strong, and rascally; being a <a href="/wiki/Cynocephaly" title="Cynocephaly">cynocephalus</a> was also consistent with this image. Roman writer <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny the Elder</a> reported that the "<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc">Cynamolgi</i></span> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc">cynocephali</i></span>, of Ethiopia were men with the heads of dogs." Pliny's work, <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny)" title="Natural History (Pliny)">The Natural History</a> was, during the first century A.D., a well-respected compendium of Roman science. It reports accepted "knowledge" about people from <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a>. Pliny notes that these "dog-headed men" resided in "Ethiopia"—a name used to encapsulate areas of Africa West and South of Alexandrian Egypt by contemporary Romans.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reprebus and the unit were later transferred to Syrian <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>, where bishop Peter of Attalia baptised him and where he was martyred in 308.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scholars have suggested that the Byzantine depiction of St. Christopher as dog-headed may have resulted from his identification as a member of the tribe of the Marmaritae who were a land of cannibals and dog-headed peoples. The Greek tradition interpreted this literally, which led to Byzantine icons often depicting St. Christopher with a dog's head. The Latin tradition in the opposite direction away from a literal translation of the original Greek term 'dog-headed. (kunokephalos). This tradition may have translated the term as "dog-like" (canineus). This later evolved into a misreading as the Latin term <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Cananeus</i></span>, '<a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaanite</a>', thus turning Christopher into a Canaanite.<sup id="cite_ref-woods_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woods-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the medieval Irish Passion of St. Christopher, "This Christopher was one of the Dog-heads, a race that had the heads of dogs and ate human flesh."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was commonly accepted at the time that there were several types of races, the Cynocephalus, or dog-headed people, being one of many believed to populate the world. The German bishop and poet <a href="/wiki/Walter_of_Speyer" title="Walter of Speyer">Walter of Speyer</a> portrayed St. Christopher as a giant of a cynocephalic species in the land of the Chananeans who ate human flesh and barked. Eventually, Christopher met the Christ child, regretted his former behavior, and received baptism. He, too, was rewarded with a human appearance, whereupon he devoted his life to Christian service and became an <a href="/wiki/Athlete_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Athlete of God">athlete of God</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Soldier_saint" class="mw-redirect" title="Soldier saint">soldier saints</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Depictions_in_art">Depictions in art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Depictions in art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher_in_popular_culture" title="Saint Christopher in popular culture">Saint Christopher in popular culture</a></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Christopher, from the Westminster Psalter, c. 1250"><img alt="St. Christopher, from the Westminster Psalter, c. 1250" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg/74px-Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg/111px-Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg/148px-Westminster_Psalter_St_Christopher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1946" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St. Christopher</i>, from the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Psalter" title="Westminster Psalter">Westminster Psalter</a>, c. 1250</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Botolph,_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="14th century image of St Christopher, one of the Slapton Wall Paintings in Northamptonshire, England"><img alt="14th century image of St Christopher, one of the Slapton Wall Paintings in Northamptonshire, England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg/87px-St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg/131px-St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg/174px-St_Botolph%2C_Slapton_-_Wall_painting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4471788_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">14th century image of St Christopher, one of the <a href="/wiki/St_Botolph%27s_Church,_Slapton#The_Slapton_Wall_Paintings" title="St Botolph's Church, Slapton">Slapton Wall Paintings</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Christopher_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The earliest dated woodcut in Europe, 1423, Buxheim, with hand-colouring of Saint Christopher"><img alt="The earliest dated woodcut in Europe, 1423, Buxheim, with hand-colouring of Saint Christopher" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Saint_Christopher_001.jpg/88px-Saint_Christopher_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Saint_Christopher_001.jpg/132px-Saint_Christopher_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Saint_Christopher_001.jpg/176px-Saint_Christopher_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="1454" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The earliest dated <a href="/wiki/Woodcut" title="Woodcut">woodcut</a> in Europe, 1423, <a href="/wiki/Buxheim" title="Buxheim">Buxheim</a>, with hand-colouring of Saint Christopher</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Christopher, c. 1460–70, after a lost painting by Jan van Eyck"><img alt="Saint Christopher, c. 1460–70, after a lost painting by Jan van Eyck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg/83px-Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg/125px-Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg/166px-Saint_Christopher_after_Jan_van_Eyck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2837" data-file-height="4096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher_(after_van_Eyck)" title="Saint Christopher (after van Eyck)">Saint Christopher</a></i>, c. 1460–70, after a lost painting by <a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck" title="Jan van Eyck">Jan van Eyck</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_Memling_033.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Christopher by Hans Memling, c. 1480"><img alt="Saint Christopher by Hans Memling, c. 1480" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Hans_Memling_033.jpg/39px-Hans_Memling_033.jpg" decoding="async" width="39" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Hans_Memling_033.jpg/58px-Hans_Memling_033.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Hans_Memling_033.jpg/78px-Hans_Memling_033.jpg 2x" data-file-width="776" data-file-height="2380" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Saint Christopher</i> by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Memling" title="Hans Memling">Hans Memling</a>, c. 1480</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cima_da_conegliano,_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Christopher with the Christ Child and St Peter by Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1505"><img alt="Saint Christopher with the Christ Child and St Peter by Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1505" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg/92px-Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg/138px-Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg/184px-Cima_da_conegliano%2C_san_cristoforo_col_bambino_e_san_pietro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="1001" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Saint Christopher with the Christ Child and St Peter</i> by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Cima_da_Conegliano" class="mw-redirect" title="Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano">Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano</a>, c. 1505</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bellini,_Sts_Christopher,_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse by Giovanni Bellini, 1513"><img alt="Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse by Giovanni Bellini, 1513" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg/69px-Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="69" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg/104px-Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg/138px-Bellini%2C_Sts_Christopher%2C_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Saints_Christopher,_Jerome_and_Louis_of_Toulouse" title="Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse">Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Bellini" title="Giovanni Bellini">Giovanni Bellini</a>, 1513</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BStrozziCristof1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Christopher, St. Sebastian, St. Roch by Bernardo Strozzi, early 17th century; Parish of Almenno San Salvatore, Bergamo"><img alt="St. Christopher, St. Sebastian, St. Roch by Bernardo Strozzi, early 17th century; Parish of Almenno San Salvatore, Bergamo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/BStrozziCristof1.jpg/65px-BStrozziCristof1.jpg" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/BStrozziCristof1.jpg/98px-BStrozziCristof1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/BStrozziCristof1.jpg/131px-BStrozziCristof1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="1046" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St. Christopher, St. Sebastian, St. Roch</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Strozzi" title="Bernardo Strozzi">Bernardo Strozzi</a>, early 17th century; Parish of <a href="/wiki/Almenno_San_Salvatore" title="Almenno San Salvatore">Almenno San Salvatore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bergamo" title="Bergamo">Bergamo</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1625–1630"><img alt="St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1625–1630" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/61px-Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg" decoding="async" width="61" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/92px-Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/123px-Jacob_Jordaens_-_St_Christopher_Carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2760" data-file-height="5381" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Jordaens" title="Jacob Jordaens">Jacob Jordaens</a>, c. 1625–1630</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child by Jan van de Venne, 163-1651"><img alt="Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child by Jan van de Venne, 163-1651" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/89px-Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/133px-Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg/177px-Jan_van_der_Venne_-_Saint_Christopher_carrying_the_Christ_Child.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jan_van_de_Venne" title="Jan van de Venne">Jan van de Venne</a>, 163-1651</div> </li> </ul><div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/32px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/48px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/64px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="32" data-file-height="28" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Saints" title="Portal:Saints">Saints portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Andrew_and_Bartholomew" title="Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew">Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of saints">List of saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Saint_Christopher,_Charles_Bridge" title="Statue of Saint Christopher, Charles Bridge">Statue of Saint Christopher, Charles Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedalion" title="Cedalion">Cedalion</a> for a somewhat similar classical myth.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Stay_on_topic" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles"><span title="The material near this tag may contain information that is not relevant to the article's main topic. (October 2024)">relevant?</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Such a "Unit of the Marmaritae" suggests an otherwise-unidentified "Marmaritae", perhaps the same as the Marmaricae <a href="/wiki/Berbers" title="Berbers">Berber</a> tribe of <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Greek)</span> <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3077/sxsaintinfo.aspx">Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας</a>.</i> 9 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Orthodox-Saints-Biography/Coptic-Saints-Story_879.html">"الشهيد خريستوفوروس حامل المسيح"</a>. St-Takla.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF+%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3+%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD&rft.pub=St-Takla.org&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fst-takla.org%2FSaints%2FCoptic-Orthodox-Saints-Biography%2FCoptic-Saints-Story_879.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoddenMittman2019" class="citation book cs1">Godden, Richard H.; Mittman, Asa Simon (21 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aMC_DwAAQBAJ"><i>Monstrosity, Disability, and the Posthuman in the Medieval and Early Modern World</i></a>. Springer Nature. p. 183. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-030-25458-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-030-25458-2"><bdi>978-3-030-25458-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Monstrosity%2C+Disability%2C+and+the+Posthuman+in+the+Medieval+and+Early+Modern+World&rft.pages=183&rft.pub=Springer+Nature&rft.date=2019-11-21&rft.isbn=978-3-030-25458-2&rft.aulast=Godden&rft.aufirst=Richard+H.&rft.au=Mittman%2C+Asa+Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaMC_DwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>T.D. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge, MA, 1982)</i>. pp. 65–66.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=T.D.+Barnes%2C+The+New+Empire+of+Diocletian+and+Constantine+%28Cambridge%2C+MA%2C+1982%29&rft.pages=65-66&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-brit-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-brit_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Christopher">Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Saint Christopher"</a>. Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Jul. 2024, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Christopher">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Christopher</a>. Accessed 25 October 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mershman-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mershman_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mershman_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mershman_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mershman_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mershman_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mershman, Francis (1908). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/St._Christopher" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. Christopher">St. Christopher</a>". In <i>The Catholic Encyclopedia</i>. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMolteniVerganiRiva2019" class="citation journal cs1">Molteni, E.; Vergani, M.; Riva, M. A. (February 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z">"The gigantic tooth of St. Christopher"</a>. <i>British Dental Journal</i>. <b>226</b> (4): 240. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z">10.1038/s41415-019-0034-z</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10281%2F220741">10281/220741</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30796375">30796375</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:256578248">256578248</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=British+Dental+Journal&rft.atitle=The+gigantic+tooth+of+St.+Christopher&rft.volume=226&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=240&rft.date=2019-02&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10281%2F220741&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A256578248%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F30796375&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z&rft.aulast=Molteni&rft.aufirst=E.&rft.au=Vergani%2C+M.&rft.au=Riva%2C+M.+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1038%252Fs41415-019-0034-z&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/St.%20Christopher.html">"Weniger, Francis X., "St. Christopher, Martyr, (1876)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Weniger%2C+Francis+X.%2C+%22St.+Christopher%2C+Martyr%2C+%281876%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcatholicharboroffaithandmorals.com%2FSt.%2520Christopher.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Molteni2019-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Molteni2019_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Molteni2019_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMolteniVerganiRiva2019" class="citation journal cs1">Molteni, E.; Vergani, M.; Riva, M. A. (22 February 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z">"The gigantic tooth of St. Christopher"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/British_Dental_Journal" title="British Dental Journal">British Dental Journal</a></i>. <b>226</b> (240): 240. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z">10.1038/s41415-019-0034-z</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10281%2F220741">10281/220741</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30796375">30796375</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:71148662">71148662</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=British+Dental+Journal&rft.atitle=The+gigantic+tooth+of+St.+Christopher&rft.volume=226&rft.issue=240&rft.pages=240&rft.date=2019-02-22&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10281%2F220741&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A71148662%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F30796375&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2Fs41415-019-0034-z&rft.aulast=Molteni&rft.aufirst=E.&rft.au=Vergani%2C+M.&rft.au=Riva%2C+M.+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1038%252Fs41415-019-0034-z&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Crawley-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Crawley_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crawley_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_J._Crawley" class="citation web cs1">John J. Crawley. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141010234720/https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CHRISTOP.HTM">"Saint Christopher martyr third century"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CHRISTOP.HTM">the original</a> on 10 October 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Saint+Christopher+martyr+third+century&rft.au=John+J.+Crawley&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ewtn.com%2Flibrary%2FMARY%2FCHRISTOP.HTM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrownGrimLe_GetShiel2021" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Brown, A.; Grim, G.; Le Get, R.; Shiel, N.; Slíz, M.; Uckelman, J.; Uckelman, S.L. (2021). "Christopher". In Uckelman, S.L. (ed.). <i>The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources</i>. dmnes.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Christopher&rft.btitle=The+Dictionary+of+Medieval+Names+from+European+Sources&rft.pub=dmnes.org&rft.date=2021&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=A.&rft.au=Grim%2C+G.&rft.au=Le+Get%2C+R.&rft.au=Shiel%2C+N.&rft.au=Sl%C3%ADz%2C+M.&rft.au=Uckelman%2C+J.&rft.au=Uckelman%2C+S.L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYonge1884" class="citation book cs1">Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1884). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924031230182/page/104/">"Names from Cristos"</a>. <i>History of Christian Names</i>. London: Macmillan. pp. 104–106. [Part III, Chapter V, Section 3].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Names+from+Cristos&rft.btitle=History+of+Christian+Names&rft.place=London&rft.pages=104-106&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1884&rft.aulast=Yonge&rft.aufirst=Charlotte+Mary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924031230182%2Fpage%2F104%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GOAA-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GOAA_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GOAA_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=47">"Christopher the Martyr of Lycea"</a>. <i>Saints</i>. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Saints&rft.atitle=Christopher+the+Martyr+of+Lycea&rft.date=2013&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgoarch.org%2Fchapel%2Fsaints_view%3Fcontentid%3D47&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Martyrologium Romanum</i> (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-209-7210-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-88-209-7210-3">978-88-209-7210-3</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Calendarium Romanum</i> (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 131</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-butler-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-butler_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-butler_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-butler_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButler2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alban_Butler" title="Alban Butler">Butler, Alban</a> (2000). Peter Doyle, Paul Burns (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=umn3JEADSTQC&pg=PA198"><i>Butler's lives of the saints, Volume 7</i></a>. Liturgical Press. pp. 198–199. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-2383-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-2383-1"><bdi>978-0-8146-2383-1</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Butler%27s+lives+of+the+saints%2C+Volume+7&rft.pages=198-199&rft.pub=Liturgical+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-8146-2383-1&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=Alban&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dumn3JEADSTQC%26pg%3DPA198&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLouis_Duchesne1878" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Louis Duchesne (1878). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/bch_0007-4217_1878_num_2_1_4459">"Inscription chrétienne de Bithynie"</a>. <i>Bulletin de correspondence hellénique</i> (in French). <b>2</b>: 289–299 – via Digitalisat.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+de+correspondence+hell%C3%A9nique&rft.atitle=Inscription+chr%C3%A9tienne+de+Bithynie&rft.volume=2&rft.pages=289-299&rft.date=1878&rft.au=Louis+Duchesne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.persee.fr%2Fdoc%2Fbch_0007-4217_1878_num_2_1_4459&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carl Maria Kaufmann: Handbook of Early Christian Epigraphy Herder, Freiburg i.Â 1917, page 391(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/HandbuchaltchristlichenEpigraphik/page/n204">Digitalisat</a>) The inscription reads:With God was laid the cornerstone of the martyrdom of Saint Christopher in the third <a href="/wiki/Indiction" title="Indiction">indiction</a> in the month of May under the Consulate of the illustrious Protogenes and Asturius under the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Theodosius_II" title="Theodosius II">Theodosius II</a> and Bishop Eulalios of Chalcedon. But it was built by the venerable chamberlain Euphemidus, and the consecration took place at the end of the fifth indiction in the month of September, on the 22nd., under the consulate of the illustrious Sporacius and Herculanus.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dr. Werner Chrobak: Christophorus, Heiliger Riese, Nothelfer, Verkehrspatron | Sadifa Media Verlags GmbH | Kehl am Rhein 2004, p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rab-visit.com/en/did-you-know/the-legend-of-st-christopher/3125">"The legend of St. Christopher"</a>. <i>rab-visit.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=rab-visit.com&rft.atitle=The+legend+of+St.+Christopher&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rab-visit.com%2Fen%2Fdid-you-know%2Fthe-legend-of-st-christopher%2F3125&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rab.hr/grad-rab/o-gradu-rabu/povijest/P2">Portal Grada Raba: Povijest 14. ZAŠTITNIK RABA SV. KRISTOFOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927233143/http://www.rab.hr/grad-rab/o-gradu-rabu/povijest/P2">Archived</a> 27 September 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Naime, Rab su 14. 4. 1075. svojim lađama opkolili italski Normani. Nemoćni da se obrane od brojnog i naoružanog neprijatelja, rabljani pozvaše u pomoć svog zaštitnika, svetog Kristofora <…> Svečeva lubanja dospjela je u Rab i čuva se u muzeju sv. Justine, kao dragocjena relikvija.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sibenska-biskupija.hr/danas-slavimo-drugog-zastitnika-grada-sibenika-i-sibenske-biskupije-sv-kristofora-u-katedrali-je-otvoren-relikvijar-sa-svecevom-neras/">"Danas slavimo drugog zaštitnika grada Šibenika i Šibenske biskupije sv. Kristofora. U katedrali je otvoren relikvijar sa svečevom neraspadnutom nogom"</a>. <i>Šibenska biskupija</i> (in Croatian). 27 July 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%C5%A0ibenska+biskupija&rft.atitle=Danas+slavimo+drugog+za%C5%A1titnika+grada+%C5%A0ibenika+i+%C5%A0ibenske+biskupije+sv.+Kristofora.+U+katedrali+je+otvoren+relikvijar+sa+sve%C4%8Devom+neraspadnutom+nogom.&rft.date=2022-07-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sibenska-biskupija.hr%2Fdanas-slavimo-drugog-zastitnika-grada-sibenika-i-sibenske-biskupije-sv-kristofora-u-katedrali-je-otvoren-relikvijar-sa-svecevom-neras%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMount2016" class="citation book cs1">Mount, Toni (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WcZ5DAAAQBAJ&q=Christopher&pg=PT169"><i>A Year in the Life of Medieval England</i></a>. Amberley Publishing. p. 169. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-5240-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-5240-5"><bdi>978-1-4456-5240-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Year+in+the+Life+of+Medieval+England&rft.pages=169&rft.pub=Amberley+Publishing&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1-4456-5240-5&rft.aulast=Mount&rft.aufirst=Toni&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWcZ5DAAAQBAJ%26q%3DChristopher%26pg%3DPT169&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rcbo.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=376&Itemid=100000001"><i>Diocese of Orange hosts First Annual Blessing of the Waves in Surf City</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080916161951/http://www.rcbo.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=376&Itemid=100000001">Archived</a> 16 September 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, 15 September 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-magill-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-magill_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMagillJ._MooseAlison_Aves1998" class="citation book cs1">Magill, Frank Northen; J. Moose; Alison Aves (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wyKaVFZqbdUC&pg=PA242"><i>Dictionary of World Biography: The ancient world</i></a>. Taylor & Francis. pp. 239–244. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89356-313-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89356-313-4"><bdi>978-0-89356-313-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+World+Biography%3A+The+ancient+world&rft.pages=239-244&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-89356-313-4&rft.aulast=Magill&rft.aufirst=Frank+Northen&rft.au=J.+Moose&rft.au=Alison+Aves&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwyKaVFZqbdUC%26pg%3DPA242&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-collier-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-collier_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMrs._Collier1904" class="citation journal cs1">Mrs. Collier (1904). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UDgNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130">"Saint Christopher and Some Representations of Him in English Churches"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/British_Archaeological_Association" title="British Archaeological Association">Journal of the British Archaeological Association</a></i>. <b>10</b> (2): 130–145. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00681288.1904.11893754">10.1080/00681288.1904.11893754</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+British+Archaeological+Association&rft.atitle=Saint+Christopher+and+Some+Representations+of+Him+in+English+Churches&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=130-145&rft.date=1904&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F00681288.1904.11893754&rft.au=Mrs.+Collier&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUDgNAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA130&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pageau, Jonathan. (8 July 2013).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/the-icon-of-st-christopher/">"Understanding The Dog-Headed Icon of St-Christopher"</a>, <i>Orthodox Arts Journal</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGebhart2021" class="citation web cs1">Gebhart, Tim (19 May 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://medium.com/exploring-history/fantastical-humans-roamed-plinys-natural-history-6e03c637d97d">"Fantastical Humans Roamed Pliny's "Natural History"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Exploring History</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Exploring+History&rft.atitle=Fantastical+Humans+Roamed+Pliny%27s+%22Natural+History%22&rft.date=2021-05-19&rft.aulast=Gebhart&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Fexploring-history%2Ffantastical-humans-roamed-plinys-natural-history-6e03c637d97d&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Pliny: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPliny_the_Elder1963" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Pliny the Elder (1963) [This translation first published 1938]. <i>Natural History</i>. Vol. II, la. Translated by Harris Rackham. Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA): Harvard University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99388-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99388-4"><bdi>978-0-674-99388-4</bdi></a>. Books 3–7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Natural+History&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts+%28USA%29&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1963&rft.isbn=978-0-674-99388-4&rft.au=Pliny+the+Elder&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPliny_the_Elder2020" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Pliny the Elder (18 July 2020) [This translation first published 1855 by Henry G. Bohn, London]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60230/pg60230-images.html">"BOOK VII–Man, his Birth, his Organization, and the Invention of the Arts: Chapter 2. The Wonderful Forms of Different Nations"</a>. <i>The Natural History of Pliny</i>. Vol. II (of VI). Translated by John Bostock; Henry T. Riley. Digitised and republished online by The Project Gutenberg eBooks.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=BOOK+VII%E2%80%93Man%2C+his+Birth%2C+his+Organization%2C+and+the+Invention+of+the+Arts%3A+Chapter+2.+The+Wonderful+Forms+of+Different+Nations&rft.btitle=The+Natural+History+of+Pliny&rft.pub=Digitised+and+republished+online+by+The+Project+Gutenberg+eBooks&rft.date=2020-07-18&rft.au=Pliny+the+Elder&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenberg.org%2Fcache%2Fepub%2F60230%2Fpg60230-images.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Woods, 'St. Christopher, Bishop Peter of Attalia, and the Cohors Marmaritarum: A Fresh Examination', <i><a href="/wiki/Vigiliae_Christianae" title="Vigiliae Christianae">Vigiliae Christianae</a></i>, Vol. 48, No. 2 (June 1994), pp. 170-186</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-woods-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-woods_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000124104631/https://www.ucc.ie/milmart/chrsorig.html">David Woods, The Origin of the Cult of St. Christopher</a>, University College Cork, October 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729215126/http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/chrsirish.html">"Irish Passion of St. Christopher"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/chrsirish.html">the original</a> on 29 July 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Irish+Passion+of+St.+Christopher&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucc.ie%2Fmilmart%2Fchrsirish.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Walter_of_Speyer" title="Walter of Speyer">Walter of Speyer</a>, <i>Vita et passio sancti Christopher martyris</i>, 75.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBouquet1930" class="citation book cs1">Bouquet, John A. (1930). <i>A People's Book of Saints</i>. London: Longman's.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+People%27s+Book+of+Saints&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Longman%27s&rft.date=1930&rft.aulast=Bouquet&rft.aufirst=John+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButler1956" class="citation book cs1">Butler, Alban (1956). Thurston, Herbert J.; Attwater, Donald (eds.). <i>Butler's lives of the saints</i>. New York: Kenedy.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Butler%27s+lives+of+the+saints&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Kenedy&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=Alban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Christopher, Saint"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Christopher,_Saint">"Christopher, Saint" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 295.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Christopher%2C+Saint&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=295&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCunningham1980" class="citation book cs1">Cunningham, Lawrence S. (1980). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/meaningofsaints00473"><i>The meaning of saints</i></a></span>. San Francisco: Harper & Row. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-061649-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-061649-6"><bdi>978-0-06-061649-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+meaning+of+saints&rft.place=San+Francisco&rft.pub=Harper+%26+Row&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=978-0-06-061649-6&rft.aulast=Cunningham&rft.aufirst=Lawrence+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmeaningofsaints00473&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVoragine1993" class="citation book cs1">Voragine, Jacobus de (1993). <i>The golden legend: Readings on the saints</i>. Translated by William Ryan. Princeton, New Jersey (USA): Princeton University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-00865-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-00865-3"><bdi>978-0-691-00865-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+golden+legend%3A+Readings+on+the+saints&rft.place=Princeton%2C+New+Jersey+%28USA%29&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-691-00865-3&rft.aulast=Voragine&rft.aufirst=Jacobus+de&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GoldenLegend-Volume4.htm#Christopher">"The Life of Saint Christopher"</a>, <i>The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints</i>, Temple Classics, 1931 (Compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, translated by William Caxton) at the Fordham University Medieval Sourcebook</li> <li>* St. Christopher in the <i>Golden Legend</i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/voragine/chris.shtml">Latin original</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christianiconography.info/goldenLegend/christopher.htm">English translation (Caxton)</a></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeinsteinBell,_Rudolph_M.1982" class="citation book cs1">Weinstein, Donald; Bell, Rudolph M. (1982). <i>Saints and society: the 2 worlds of western Christendom, 1000–1700</i>. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-89055-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-89055-5"><bdi>978-0-226-89055-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Saints+and+society%3A+the+2+worlds+of+western+Christendom%2C+1000%E2%80%931700&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=Univ.+of+Chicago+Pr.&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-226-89055-5&rft.aulast=Weinstein&rft.aufirst=Donald&rft.au=Bell%2C+Rudolph+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1963" class="citation book cs1">White, Helen (1963). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tudorbooksofsain0000whit"><i>Tudor Books of Saints and Martyrs</i></a></span>. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tudor+Books+of+Saints+and+Martyrs&rft.place=Madison&rft.pub=University+of+Wisconsin+Press&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftudorbooksofsain0000whit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1983" class="citation book cs1">Wilson, Stephen, ed. (1983). <i>Saints and their cults: Studies in religious sociology, folklore, and history</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-24978-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-24978-2"><bdi>978-0-521-24978-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Saints+and+their+cults%3A+Studies+in+religious+sociology%2C+folklore%2C+and+history&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-521-24978-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+Christopher" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher" class="extiw" title="commons:Saint Christopher"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Saint Christopher</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christianiconography.info/christopher.html">Saint Christopher</a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christianiconography.info">Christian Iconography</a> web site</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Template:Fourteen Holy Helpers"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Template talk:Fourteen Holy Helpers"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Fourteen Holy Helpers"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Fourteen Holy Helpers"><span style="color:#000000;">The Fourteen Holy Helpers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agathius" title="Agathius">Acacius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barbara" title="Saint Barbara">Barbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Blaise" title="Saint Blaise">Blaise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria" title="Catherine of Alexandria">Catherine of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Christopher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyriacus" title="Cyriacus">Cyriacus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Denis_of_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Denis of Paris">Denis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasmus_of_Formia" title="Erasmus of Formia">Elmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Eustace" title="Saint Eustace">Eustace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Giles" title="Saint Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin" title="Margaret the Virgin">Margaret the Virgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pantaleon" title="Saint Pantaleon">Pantaleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vitus" title="Saint Vitus">Vitus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background:gold"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:046CupolaSPietro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/16px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/24px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/32px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Catholicism">Catholicism portal</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/16px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/24px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Gloriole_blur.svg/32px-Gloriole_blur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="32" data-file-height="28" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Saints" title="Portal:Saints">Saints portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193507#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193507#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193507#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000024690190">ISNI</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/33245048">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/19230/">FAST</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmP6MPbmHjMVhY4rRwBfq">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/118520725">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50072233">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=jn20040301013&CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.nlg.gr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=45052">Greece</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987007279179905171">Israel</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cantic.bnc.cat/registre/981058614762706706">Catalonia</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a996c57d-67ac-4b8e-86b6-5dbdc52e7214">MusicBrainz</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118520725.html?language=en">Deutsche Biographie</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/118520725">DDB</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&oldid=1258598039">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&oldid=1258598039</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Category:Fourteen Holy Helpers">Fourteen Holy Helpers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:251_deaths" title="Category:251 deaths">251 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:3rd-century_Christian_martyrs" title="Category:3rd-century Christian martyrs">3rd-century Christian martyrs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dogs_in_religion" title="Category:Dogs in religion">Dogs in religion</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Giants" title="Category:Giants">Giants</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_saints" title="Category:Military saints">Military saints</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mythological_human_hybrids" title="Category:Mythological human hybrids">Mythological human hybrids</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_whose_existence_is_disputed" title="Category:People whose existence is disputed">People whose existence is disputed</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Saints_from_the_Holy_Land" title="Category:Saints from the Holy Land">Saints from the Holy Land</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_Greek-language_sources_(el)" title="Category:Articles with Greek-language sources (el)">Articles with Greek-language sources (el)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_French-language_sources_(fr)" title="Category:CS1 French-language sources (fr)">CS1 French-language sources (fr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Croatian-language_sources_(hr)" title="Category:CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr)">CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1:_long_volume_value" title="Category:CS1: long volume value">CS1: long volume value</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_January_2024" title="Category:Use dmy dates from January 2024">Use dmy dates from January 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Greek-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Greek-language text">Articles containing Greek-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Latin-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Latin-language text">Articles containing Latin-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Koin%C4%93_Greek-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text">Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Ancient_Greek_(to_1453)-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text">Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_French-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing French-language text">Articles containing French-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Spanish-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Spanish-language text">Articles containing Spanish-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Portuguese-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Portuguese-language text">Articles containing Portuguese-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_that_may_have_off-topic_sections" title="Category:All articles that may have off-topic sections">All articles that may have off-topic sections</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_that_may_have_off-topic_sections_from_October_2024" title="Category:Wikipedia articles that may have off-topic sections from October 2024">Wikipedia articles that may have off-topic sections from October 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_a_citation_from_the_1911_Encyclopaedia_Britannica_with_Wikisource_reference" title="Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference">Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons link from Wikidata">Commons link from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 20 November 2024, at 16:05<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Christopher&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-rbp7v","wgBackendResponseTime":177,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.714","walltime":"0.896","ppvisitednodes":{"value":3814,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":91997,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":3643,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":16,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":10,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":135510,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 807.593 1 -total"," 26.52% 214.181 2 Template:Reflist"," 12.96% 104.701 2 Template:Langx"," 11.25% 90.853 8 Template:Cite_web"," 9.00% 72.645 1 Template:Fourteen_Holy_Helpers"," 8.81% 71.189 1 Template:Navbox"," 8.61% 69.530 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.51% 60.618 15 Template:Cite_book"," 5.48% 44.275 1 Template:Infobox_saint"," 5.11% 41.282 1 Template:Infobox"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.451","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":22857747,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"table#1 {\n [\"size\"] = \"tiny\",\n}\ntable#1 {\n [\"size\"] = \"tiny\",\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-4qhwh","timestamp":"20241130110524","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Saint Christopher","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Christopher","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q193507","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q193507","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2003-06-13T15:43:28Z","dateModified":"2024-11-20T16:05:58Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/93\/Jheronimus_Bosch_-_Saint_Christopher_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg","headline":"saint in the Catholic and Orthodox church"}</script> </body> </html>