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Saint Christopher (Greek: Άγιος Χριστόφορος) is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251). The Catholic Church suggests that almost nothing historical is known about the life and death of St. Christopher, however several legends are attributed to him. The most popular variations originate from The Golden Legend, a thirteenth-century compilation of stories.

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  • Saint Christopher
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  • Saint Christopher (Greek: Άγιος Χριστόφορος) is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251). The Catholic Church suggests that almost nothing historical is known about the life and death of St. Christopher, however several legends are attributed to him. The most popular variations originate from The Golden Legend, a thirteenth-century compilation of stories.
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  • bachelors, transportation , travelling , storms, Brunswick, Saint Christopher's Island , Island Rab, Vilnius, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, toothache
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death place
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  • tree, branch, as a giant or ogre, carrying Jesus, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man
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  • Saint Christopher
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
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  • St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child, by Hieronymus Bosch
feast day
  • --07-25
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  • Canaan or Marmarica
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  • Martyr
death date
  • c. 251
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  • Saint Christopher (Greek: Άγιος Χριστόφορος) is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251). The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates Saint Christopher on May 9. The Tridentine Calendar allowed a commemoration of Saint Christopher on 25 July only in private Masses. This restriction was lifted later (see General Roman Calendar as in 1954). While the Roman Catholic Church still approves devotion to him, listing him in the Roman Martyrology among the saints venerated on 25 July, it removed his feast day from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints in 1969. At that time the church declared that this commemoration was not of Roman tradition, in view of the relatively late date (about 1550) and limited manner in which it was accepted into the Roman calendar. The Catholic Church suggests that almost nothing historical is known about the life and death of St. Christopher, however several legends are attributed to him. The most popular variations originate from The Golden Legend, a thirteenth-century compilation of stories.
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