Catholic News World : Saint July 25 : St. Christopher : Patron of Bachelors, Travelers and Toothache 251, Asia Minor Patron of: bachelors, transportation (drivers, sailors, etc.), travelling (especially for long journeys), storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, toothache St. Christopher, a martyr, probably of the third century. Although St. Christopher is one of the most popular saints in the East and in the West, almost nothing certain is known about his life or death. The legend says: A heathen king (in Canaan or Arabia), through the prayers of his wife to the Blessed Virgin, had a son, whom he called Offerus (Offro, Adokimus, or Reprebus) and dedicated to the gods Machmet and Apollo. Acquiring in time extraordinary size and strength, Offerus resolved to serve only the strongest and the bravest. He bound himself successively to a mighty king and to Satan, but he found both lacking in courage, the former dreading even the name of the devil, and the latter frightened by the sight of a cross at the roadside.

For a time his search for a new master was in vain, but at last he found a hermit (Babylas?) who told him to offer his allegiance to Christ, instructed him in the Faith, and baptized him. Christopher, as he was now called, would not promise to do any fasting or praying, but willingly accepted the task of carrying people, for God's sake, across a raging stream. One day he was carrying a child who continually grew heavier, so that it seemed to him as if he had the whole world on his shoulders. The child, on inquiry, made himself known as the Creator and Redeemer of the world. To prove his statement the child ordered Christopher to fix his staff in the ground. The next morning it had grown into a palm-tree bearing fruit. The miracle converted many. This excited the rage of the king (prefect) of that region (Dagnus of Samos in Lycia?). Christopher was put into prison and, after many cruel torments, beheaded. The Greek legend may belong to the sixth century; about the middle of the ninth, we find it spread through France. Originally, St. Christopher was only a martyr, and as such is recorded in the old martyrologies.

The simple form of the Greek and Latin soon gave way to more elaborate legends. We have the Latin edition in prose and verse of 983 by the subdeacon Walter of Speyer, "Thesaurus anecdotorum novissimus" (Augsburg, 1721-23), II, 27-142, and Harster, "Walter von Speyer" (1878). An edition of the eleventh century is found in the Acta SS., and another in the "Golden Legend" of Jacob de Voragine. The idea conveyed in the name, at first understood in the spiritual sense of bearing Christ in the heart, was in the twelfth or thirteenth century taken in the realistic meaning and became the characteristic of the saint. The fact that he was frequently called a great martyr may have given rise to the story of his enormous size. The stream and the wait of the child may have been intended to denote the trials and struggles of a soul taking upon itself the yoke of Christ in this world. The existence of a martyr St.

Christopher cannot be denied, as was sufficiently shown by the Jesuit Nicholas Serarius, in his treatise on litanies, "Litaneutici" (Cologne, 1609), and by Molanus in his history of sacred pictures, "De picturis et imaginibus sacris" (Louvain, 1570). In a small church dedicated to the martyr St. Christopher, the body of St. Remigius of Reims was buried, 532 (Acta SS., 1 Oct., 161). St. Gregory the Great (d. 604) speaks of a monastery of St. Christopher (Epp., x., 33). The Mozarabic Breviary and Missal, ascribed to St. Isidore of Seville (d. 636), contains a special office in his honour. In 1386 a brotherhood was founded under the patronage of St. Christopher in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, to guide travellers over the Arlberg. In 1517, a St. Christopher temperance society existed in Carinthia, Styria, in Saxony, and at Munich.

Great veneration was shown to the saint in Venice, along the shores of the Danube, the Rhine, and other rivers where floods or ice-jams caused frequent damage. The oldest picture of the saint, in the monastery on the Mount Sinai dates from the time of Justinian (527-65). Coins with his image were cast at Wurzburg, in Wurtermberg, and in Bohemia. His statues were placed at the entrances of churches and dwellings, and frequently at bridges; these statues and his pictures often bore the inscription: "Whoever shall behold the image of St. Christopher shall not faint or fall on that day." The saint, who is one of the fourteen holy helpers, has been chosen as patron by Baden, by Brunswick, and by Mecklenburg, and several other cities, as well as by bookbinders, gardeners, mariners, etc. He is invoked against lightning, storms, epilepsy, pestilence, etc. His feast is kept on 25 July; among the Greeks, on 9 March; and his emblems are the tree, the Christ Child, and a staff. St. Christopher's Island (commonly called St.

Kitts), lies 46 miles west of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. IMAGE SOURCE GOOGLE IMAGES Patron Saints and their feast days [No author] A.C.T.S No 1433 (1964) Nihil Obsat : BERNARD O'CONNOR Diocesan Censor Imprimatur: + JUSTIN D. SIMONDS Archiepiscopus Melbournensis 11 FEBRUARY, 1964 PATRON SAINTS AND THEIR FEAST DAYS In the liturgical sense, a patron is a saint who, because of ancient tradition or formal designation by the Church, is venerated in a particular manner by the people of a place as a special protector and intercessor before God. The theological foundations of such patronage are the dogmas of the Communion of Saints and the Mystical Body of Christ. The Church has made official designation of some of the patrons listed below; in such cases the dates of designation are given in parentheses. Popular veneration or reverence has bestowed the title on others. Accountants: St. Matthew, Sept. 21. Actors: St. Genesius, Aug. 25. Alpinists: St.

Bernard of Menthon, May 28 (Aug. 20, 1923). Altar Boys: St. John Berchmans, Nov. 26. Anaesthetists: St. Rene Goupil, Sept. 26. Archers: St. Sebastian, Jan. 20. Architects: St. Thomas, Apostle, Dec. 21; St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Armorers: St. Dunstan, May 19. Art: St. Catherine (Bologna), Mar. 9. Artillerymen: St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Artists: St. Luke, Oct. 18. Astronomers: St. Dominic, Aug. 4. Athletes: St. Sebastian, Jan 20. Authors: St. Francis de Sales, Jan. 29. Automobilists: St. Frances of Rome, Mar. 9; St. Christopher, July 25. Aviators: Our Lady of Loreto, Dec. 10: St. Therese of Lisieux, Oct, 3: St. Joseph of Cupertino, Sept. 18. Bakers: St.

Elizabeth of Hungary, Nov. 19; St. Nicholas, Dec. 6. Bankers: St. Matthew, Sept. 21. Barbers: Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Sept. 27: St. Louis, Aug. 25. Barren Women: St. Anthony of Padua, June 13; St. Felicitas, Nov. 23. Basket-makers: St. Anthony, Abbot, Jan. 17. Beggars: St. Alexius, July 17. Belt-makers: St. Alexius, July 17. Blacksmiths: St. Dunstan, May 19. Blind: St. Odilia, Dec. 13; St. Raphael, Oct. 24. Blood Banks: St. Januarius, Sept. 19. Bodily Ills: Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11. Bookbinders: St. Peter Celestine, May 19. Bookkeepers: St. Matthew, Sept. 21. Booksellers: St. John of God, Mar. 8. Boy Scouts: St. George, Apr. 23. Brewers: St.

Augustine of Hippo, Aug. 28; St. Luke, Oct. 18; St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6. Bricklayers: St. Stephen, Dec. 26. Brides: St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6. Brush-makers: St. Anthony, Abbot, Jan. 17. Builders: St. Vincent Ferrer, Apr. 5. Butchers: St. Anthony, Abbot, Jan. 17: St. Hadrian, Sept. 8; St. Luke, Oct. 18. Cab-drivers: St. Fiacre, Aug. 30. Cabinet-makers: St. Anne, July 26. Cancer Patients: St. Peregrine, May 2. Canonists: St. Raymond of Penyafort. Jan. 23. Carpenters: St. Joseph. May 1. Catechists: St. Viator, Oct. 21; St. Charles Borromeo, Nov. 4; St. Robert Bellarmine, May 13. Catholic Action: St. Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4. Chandlers: St.

Ambrose, Dec. 7; St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Aug. 20. Charitable Societies: St. Vincent de Paul, July 19 (May 12, 1885). Children: St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6. Children of Mary: St. Agnes, Jan. 21; St. Maria Goretti, July 9. Choir Boys: St. Dominic Savio, Mar. 9 (June 8, 1956); Holy Innocents, Dec. 28. Clerics: St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, Feb. 27. Comedians: St. Vitus, June 15. Confessors: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Aug. 2 (Apr. 26, 1950); St. John Nepomucene, May 16. Convulsion in Children: St. Scholastica, Feb. 10. Cooks: St. Lawrence, Aug. 10; St. Martha. July 29. Coopers: St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6.

Coppersmiths: St. Maurus, Jan. 15. Dairy Workers: St. Brigid. Feb. 1. Deaf: St. Francis de Sales. Jan. 29, Dentists: St. Apollonia. Feb. 8. Desperate Situations: St. Gregory of Neo-caesarea, Nov. 17; St. Jude Thaddeus, Oct. 28. Dieticians (Hospitals) : St. Martha, July 29. Domestic Animals: St. Anthony. Abbot, Jan. 17. Druggists: Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Sept. 27; St. James the Less, May 11. Dyers: Sts. Maurice and Lydia, Aug. 3. Dying: St. Joseph, Mar. 19; St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Editors: St. John Bosco. Jan. 31. Emigrants: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Dec. 22 (Sept. 8, 1950). Engineers: St. Ferdinand III, May 30. Eucharistic Congresses and Societies: St.

Paschal Baylon. May 17 (Nov. 28, 1897), Expectant Mothers: St. Margaret, July 20; St. Raymund Nonnatus, Aug. 31; St. Gerard Majella, Oct. 16. Eye Trouble: St. Lucy, Dec. 13. Falsely Accused: St. Raymund Nonnatus, Aug. 31. Farmers: St. George, Apr. 23; St. Isidore, Mar. 22. Farriers: St. John Baptist, June 24. Firemen: St. Florian, May 4. Fire Prevention: St. Catherine of Siena, Apr. 30; St. Barbara, Dec. 4. First Communicants: Bl. Imelda, May 12; St. Tarcisius, Aug. 15. Fishermen: St. Andrew, Nov. 30. Florists: St. Dorothy, Feb. 6; St. Therese, Oct. 3. Forest-workers: St. John Gualbert, July 12. Founders: St. Barbara, Dec. 4.

Foundlings: Holy Innocents, Dec. 28. Fullers: St. Anastasius the Fuller, Sept. 7; St. James the Less, May 11. Funeral Directors: St. Joseph of Arimathea, Mar. 17; St. Dismas, Mar. 25. Gardeners: St. Dorothy, Feb. 6; St. Adelard, Jan. 2; St. Tryphon, Nov. 10; St. Fiacre, Aug. 30; St. Phocas, July 14. Glass-workers: St. Luke, Oct. 18. Goldsmiths: St. Dunstan, May 19; St. Anastasius, Sept. 7. Grave-diggers and Graveyards: St. Anthony, Abbot, Jan. 17. Greetings: St. Valentine, Feb. 14. Grocers: St. Michael, Sept. 29. Gunners: St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Hatters: St. Severus of Ravenna, Feb. 1; St. James the Less, May 11. Haymakers: Sts.

Gervase and Protase, June 19. Headaches: St. Teresa of Avila, Oct. 15. Heart Ailments: St. John of God, Mar. 8. Hospital Administrators: St. Basil the Great. June 14; St. Frances X. Cabrini, Dec. 22. Hospitals: St. Camillus de Lellis, July 18 and St. John of God, Mar. 8 (June 22, 1886) ; St. Jude Thaddeus, Oct. 28. Housewives: St. Anne, July 26. Hunters: St. Hubert, Nov. 3. Huntsmen: St. Eustachius, Sept. 20. Infantrymen: St. Maurice, Sept. 22. Inn-keepers: St. Amand, Feb. 6. Invalids: St. Roch, Aug. 16. Jewellers: St. Eligius, Dec. 1. Journalists: St. Francis de Sales, Jan. 29 (Apr. 26, 1923). Jurists: St.

Catherine of Alexandria. Nov. 25; St. John Capistrano, Mar. 28. Labourers; St. Isidore, May 10; St. James, July 25; (Young) : St. John Bosco, Jan. 31. Lawyers: St. Ivo, June 17; St. Genesius, Aug. 26; St. Thomas More, July 6. Learning: St. Ambrose, Dec. 7; St. Acca, Nov. 27. Librarians: St. Jerome, Sept. 30. Locksmiths: St. Dunstan, May 19. Lost Articles: St. Anthony of Padua, June 13. Lovers: St. Raphael, Oct. 24. Maids: St. Zita, Apr. 27. Marble-workers: St. Clement I, Nov. 23. Mariners: St. Michael. Sept. 29; St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Sept. 10. Medical Record Librarians: St. Raymund of Penyafort, Jan. 23. Medical Social Workers: St.

John Regis, June 16. Medical Technologists: St. Albert the Great, Nov. 15. Mentally Ill: St. Dymphna, May 15. Merchants: St. Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4; St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6. Messengers: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24. Metalworkers: St. Eligius, Dec. 1. Millers: St. Arnulph, Aug. 15; St. Victor, July 21. Miners: St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Missions, Foreign: St. Francis Xavier, Dec. 3 (Mar. 25, 1904) ; St. Therese of Lisieux, Oct. 3 (Dec. 14, 1927). Missions, Negro: St. Peter Claver, Sept. 9 (1896 Leo XIII) ; St. Benedict the Moor. Missions, Parish: St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Nov. 26 (Mar. 17, 1923). Mothers: St. Monica, May 4; St.

Gerard Majella, October 16. Motorcyclists: Our Lady of Grace, May 23. Motorists: St. Christopher, July 25; St. Frances of Rome, Mar. 9. Mountaineers: St. Bernard of Menthon, May 28. Musicians: St. Gregory the Great, Mar. 12; St. Cecilia, Nov. 22; St. Dunstan, May 19. Nail-makers: St. Cloud, Sept. 7. Notaries: St. Luke, Oct. 18; St. Mark, Apr. 25. Nurses: St. Camillus de Lellis, July 18, and St. John of God, Mar. 8 (1930, Pius XI); St. Agatha, Feb. 5; St. Alexius, July 17; St. Raphael, Oct. 24. Nursing and Nursing Service: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Nov. 19; St. Catherine of Siena, Apr. 30. Old Maids: St. Andrew. Nov. 30. Orators: St.

John Chrysostom, Jan. 27 (July 8, 1908). Organ Builders: St. Cecilia, Nov. 22. Orphans: St. Jerome Aemilian, July 20. Painters: St. Luke, Oct. 18. Paratroopers: St. Michael, Sept. 29. Pawnbrokers: St. Nicholas, Dec. 6. Pharmacists (Hospital): St. Gemma Galgani, Apr. 11. Philosophers: St. Justin, Apr. 14; St. Catherine of Alexandria, Nov. 25. Physicians: St. Pantaleon, July 27; Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Sept. 27; St. Luke, Oct. 18; St. Raphael, Oct. 24. Pilgrims: St. Alexius, July 17; St. James, July 25. Plasterers: St. Bartholomew, Aug. 24. Poets: St. David, Dec. 29; St. Cecilia, Nov. 22. Poisoning: St. Benedict, Mar.

21. Policemen: St. Michael, Sept. 29. Poor: St. Lawrence, Aug. 10; St. Anthony of Padua, June 13. Poor Souls: St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Sept. 10. Porters: St. Christopher, July 25. Possessed: St. Bruno, Oct. 6; St. Denis, Oct. 9. Postal Employees: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24. Priests: St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Aug.: 8 (Apr. 23, 1929). Printers: St. John of God, Mar. 8; St. Augustine of Hippo, Aug. 28; St. Genesius, Aug. 25. Prisoners: St. Dismas, Mar. 25; St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Prisons: St. Joseph Cafasso, June 23. Protector of Crops: St. Ansovinus, Mar. 13. Publicity Agents: St. Bernardine of Siena, May 20 (May 20, 1960).

Public Relations (Hospitals): St. Paul, Apostle, June 29. Purity: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, June 21; St. Agatha, Feb. 5; St. Cecilia, Nov. 22. Radiologists: St. Michael, Sept. 29 (Jan. 15, 1941). Radio-workers: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24. Retreats: St. Ignatius Loyola, July 31 (July 25, 1922!. Rheumatism: St. James the Greater. July 25. Saddlers: Sts. Crispin and Crispinian. Oct. 25. Sailors: St. Cuthbert, Mar. 20; St. Brendan, May 16; St. Eulalia, Feb. 12; St. Christopher, July 25; St. Peter Gonzales, Apr. 15; St. Erasmus, June 2. Scholars: St. Brigid, Feb. 1. Schools, Catholic: St. Thomas Aquinas; Mar. 7 (Aug. 4.

1880) ; St. Joseph Calasanctius, Aug. 27 (Aug. 13, 1948). Scientists: St. Albert, Nov. 15 (Aug. 13, 1948). Sculptors: St. Claude, Nov. 8. Seamen: St. Francis of Paolo, Apr. 2. Secretaries: St. Genesius, Aug. 25. Seminarians: St. Charles Borromeo, Nov. 4. Servants: St. Martha, July 29; St. Zita, Apr. 27. Shoemakers: Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, Oct. 25. Sick: St. Michael, Sept. 29; St. John of God, Mar. 8; St. Camillus de Lellis, July 18 (June 22, 1886). Silversmiths: St. Andronicus, Oct. 11. Singers: St. Gregory, Mar. 12; St. Cecilia, Nov. 22. Skaters: St. Lidwina, Apr. 14.

Skiers: St. Bernard, May 28. Social Workers: St. Louise de Marillac, Mar. 15 (Feb. 12, 1960). Soldiers: St. Hadrian, Sept. 8 ; St. George, Apr. 23; St. Ignatius, July 31; St. Sebastian, Jan. 20; St. Martin of Tours, Nov. 11; St. Joan of Arc, May 30. Speleologists: St. Benedict, Mar. 21. Stenographers: St. Genesius, Aug. 25; St. Cassian, Dec. 3. Stone-cutters: St. Clement, Nov. 23. Stone-masons: St. Stephen, Dec. 26; St. Barbara, Dec. 4. Students: St. Thomas Aquinas, Mar. 7; St. Catherine of Alexandria, Nov. 25. Surgeons: Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Sept. 27. Swordsmiths: St. Maurice, Sept. 22. Tailors: St. Homobonus, Nov. 13.

Tanners: Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, Oct. 25; St. Simon, May 10. Tax-collectors: St. Matthew, Sept. 21. Teachers: St. Gregory the Great, Mar. 12; St. Catherine of Alexandria, Nov. 25; (principal patron), St. John Baptist de la Salle, May 15 (May 15, 1950). Telecommunications workers: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24 (Jan. 12, 1951). Telegraph/Telephone workers: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24. Television: St. Clare of Assisi, Aug. 12 (Feb. 14, 1958). Television-workers: St. Gabriel, Mar. 24. Tertiaries: St. Louis of France, Aug. 25; St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Nov. 19. Theologians: St. Augustine, Aug. 28 (Moral); St. Alphonsus Liguori. Aug. 2. Throat: St. Blaise, Feb. 3. Travellers: St.

Anthony of Padua, June 13; St. Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6; St. Christopher, July 25; St. Raphael, Oct. 24. Universal Church: St. Joseph, Mar. 19 (Dec. 8, 1870). Universities: Blessed Contardo Ferrini, Oct. 5. Vocations: St. Alphonsus, Aug. 2. Watchmen: St. Peter of Alcantara, Oct. 19. Weavers: St. Paul the Hermit, Jan. 15; St. Anastasius the Fuller, Sept. 7; St. Anastasia, Dec. 25. Wheelwrights: St. Catherine of Alexandria, Nov. 25. Wine-growers: St. Vincent, Jan. 22. Wine-merchants: St. Amand, Feb. 6. Women in labour: St. Anne, July 26. Women's Army Corps: St. Genevieve, Jan. 3. Workingmen: St. Joseph, May 1. Writers: St. Francis de Sales, Jan. 29 (Apr.

26, 1923); St. Lucy, Dec. 13. Yachtsmen: St. Adjutor, Sept. 1. Young Girls: St. Agnes, Jan. 21. Youth: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, June 21 (1729, Benedict XIII; 1926, Pius XI) ; St. John Berchmans, Nov. 26; St. Gabriel Possenti, Feb. 27. PATRONS OF COUNTRIES Americas: Our Lady of Guadalupe: St. Rose of Lima. Argentina: Our Lady of Lujan. Armenia: St. Gregory Illuminator. Asia Minor: St. John, Evangelist. Australia: Our Lady Help of Christians. Basutoland or Lesoto: Immaculate Heart of Mary. Belgium: St. Joseph. Borneo (Kalimantan, Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei): St. Francis Xavier. Brazil: Immaculate Conception; St. Peter of Alcantara. Canada: St. Joseph; St. Anne. Ceylon or Sri Lanka: St. Lawrence. Chile: St.

James; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. China: St. Joseph. Colombia: St. Peter Claver; St. Louis Bertrand. Congo: Our Lady. Czechoslovakia: St. Wenceslaus; St. John Nepomucene; St. Procopius. Denmark: St. Ansgar; St. Canute. Dominican Republic: Our Lady of High Grace; St. Dominic. East Indies, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia: St. Thomas, Apostle. Ecuador: Sacred Heart. France: Our Lady of the Assumption: St. Joan of Arc; St. Therese. Germany: St. Nicholas of Myra; St. Andrew. Holland: St. Willibrord. Hungary: Blessed Virgin, "Great Lady of Hungry"; St. Stephen, King. India: Our Lady of Assumption. Ireland: Sts. Patrick, Brigid and Columba. Italy: St. Francis of Assisi; St. Catherine of Siena. Japan: St. Peter Baptist. Lithuania: St. Casimir, Bl. Cunegunda. Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Monaco: St. Devota. Moravia: Sts. Cyril and Methodius. New Zealand: Our Lady Help of Christians. Norway: St. Olaf. Paraguay: Our Lady of Assumption. Peru: St. Joseph. Philippines: Sacred Heart of Mary. Poland: St. Casimir; Bl. Cunegunda; St. Stanislaus of Cracow; Our Lady of Czestochowa. Portugal: Immaculate Conception; St. Francis Borgia; St. Anthony of Padua; St. Vincent; St. George. Russia: St. Andrew; St. Nicholas of Myra; St. Therese of Lisieux. Scandinavia: St. Ansgar. Scotland: St. Andrew; St. Columba. Silesia : St. Hedwig. Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows. South America: St. Rose of Lima. Spain: St. James; St. Teresa. Sweden: St. Bridget; St. Eric. South Africa: Our Lady of Assumption. United States: Immaculate Conception. Uruguay: Our Lady of Lujan.

Wales: St. David. APOSTLES OF NATIONS, PEOPLES AND PLACES Alps: St. Bernard of Menthon. Andalusia (Spain) : Bl. John of Avila. Antioch: St. Barnabas. Armenia: St. Gregory the Illuminator; St. Bartholomew. Austria: St. Severine. St. Agnes: Lamb. (also St Agens the Martyr) St. Ambrose: Bees, dove, ox, pen. St. Andrew: Transverse cross St. Angela Merici: Ladder, cloak. St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin: A door. St. Anthony, Abbot: Bell, hog. St. Anthony of Padua: Infant Jesus, bread, book, lily. St. Augustine of Hippo: Dove, child, shell, pen. St. Barbara: Tower, palm, chalice. also a cannon. St, Barnabas: Stones, axe, lance. St. Bartholomew: Knife, flayed and holding his skin. St. Benedict: Broken cup, raven, bell, crozier, bush.

St. Bernardine of Siena: Chrism. St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Pen, bees, instruments of Passion. St. Blaise: Wax, taper, iron comb. St. Bonaventure: Ciborium, cardinal's hat. St. Boniface: Oak, axe, book, fox, scourge, fountain, raven, sword. St. Bruno: Chalice. St. Catherine of Alexandria: Wheel, lamb, sword. St. Catherine of Ricci: Ring, crown, crucifix. St. Catherine of Siena: Stigmata, cross, ring, lily. St. Cecilia: Organ. St. Charles Borromeo: Coat of arms with word "Humilitas". St. Christopher: Giant, torrent, tree, Child Jesus on his shoulders. St. Clare of Assisi: Monstrance. St. Colette: Lamb, birds. Sts. Cosmas and Damian: A phial, box of ointment. St. Cyril of Alexandria: Blessed Virgin holding in her arms the Child Jesus, pen. St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Purse, book. St.

Dominic: Rosary, star. St. Edmund the Martyr: Arrow, sword. St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Alms, flowers, bread, the poor, a pitcher. St. Francis of Assisi: Deer, wolf, birds, fish, the Stigmata. St. Francis Xavier: Crucifix, bell, vessel, negro. St. Genevieve: Bread, keys, herd, candle. St. George: Dragon. St. Gertrude: Crown, taper, lily. Sts. Gervasius and Protasius: Scourge, club, sword. St. Giles: Crozier, hind, hermitage. St. Helen: Cross. St. Hilary: Stick, pen, child. St. Ignatius Loyola: Chasuble, book, apparition of Our Lord. St. Isidore: Bees, pen. St. James the Greater: Pilgrim's staff, shell, key, sword. St. James the Less: Square rule, halberd, club. St. Jerome: Lion. St. John Berchmans: Rule of St. Ignatius, cross, rosary. St.

Chrysostom: Bees, dove, pen. St. John Climacus: A ladder. St. John of God: Alms, a heart, crown of thorns. St. John the Baptist: Lamb, head cut off on platter, skin of an animal. St. John the Evangelist: Eagle, chalice, kettle. armour. St, Josaphat Kuncevye; Chalice, crown, winged deacon. St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin: Infant Jesus, lily, rod, plane, carpenter's square. St. Jude: Sword, square rule, club. St. Justin Martyr: Axe, sword. St. Lawrence: Cross. book of the Gospels, gridiron. St. Leander of Seville: A pen. St. Liborius; Pebbles, peacock, St. Longinus: In arms at foot of the cross. St. Louis IX of France: Crown of thorns, nails. St. Lucy: Cord, eyes. St. Luke: Ox, book, brush, palette. St. Margaret: Dragon. St. Martha: Holy water sprinkler, dragon. St.

Matthias: Lance. St. Matthew: Winged man, purse, lance. St. Maurus: Scales, spade, crutch. St. Meinrad: Two ravens. St. Michael: Scales, banner, sword, dragon. St. Monica: Girdle, tears. St. Nicholas: Boy in boat. St. Patrick: Cross, harp, serpent, baptismal font, demons, shamrock, also purgatory. St. Paul: Sword. St. Peter: Keys, boat, cock. St. Philip, Apostle: Column. St. Philip Neri: Altar, chasuble, vial. St. Roch: Angel, dog, bread. St. Rose of Lima: Crown of thorns, anchor, city. St. Sebastian: Arrow, crown. Sts. Sergius and Bacchus: Military garb, palm. St. Simon: Saw, cross. St. Teresa, of Avila: Heart; arrow, book. St. Therese of Lisieux: Roses entwining a crucifix. St. Thomas, Apostle: Lance, axe. St.

Thomas Aquinas: Chalice, monstrance, dove, ox, person trampled under foot. St. Ursula and Companions: Ship, clock, arrow. St. Vincent: Gridiron, boat. St. Vincent de Paul: Children. St. Vincent Ferrer: Pulpit, cardinal's hat, trumpet, captives. Caput Mundi: Saint Christopher, 'Christ Bearer', Patron Saint of Travel Saint Christopher, 'Christ Bearer', Patron Saint of Travel 251, Asia Minor Patron of: bachelors, transportation (drivers, sailors, etc.), travelling (especially for long journeys), storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, toothache St. Christopher, a martyr, probably of the third century. Although St. Christopher is one of the most popular saints in the East and in the West, almost nothing certain is known about his life or death. The legend says: A heathen king (in Canaan or Arabia), through the prayers of his wife to the Blessed Virgin, had a son, whom he called Offerus (Offro, Adokimus, or Reprebus) and dedicated to the gods Machmet and Apollo.

Acquiring in time extraordinary size and strength, Offerus resolved to serve only the strongest and the bravest. He bound himself successively to a mighty king and to Satan, but he found both lacking in courage, the former dreading even the name of the devil, and the latter frightened by the sight of a cross at the roadside. For a time his search for a new master was in vain, but at last he found a hermit (Babylas?) who told him to offer his allegiance to Christ, instructed him in the Faith, and baptized him. Christopher, as he was now called, would not promise to do any fasting or praying, but willingly accepted the task of carrying people, for God's sake, across a raging stream. One day he was carrying a child who continually grew heavier, so that it seemed to him as if he had the whole world on his shoulders. The child, on inquiry, made himself known as the Creator and Redeemer of the world. To prove his statement the child ordered Christopher to fix his staff in the ground. The next morning it had grown into a palm-tree bearing fruit. The miracle converted many.

This excited the rage of the king (prefect) of that region (Dagnus of Samos in Lycia?). Christopher was put into prison and, after many cruel torments, beheaded. The Greek legend may belong to the sixth century; about the middle of the ninth, we find it spread through France. Originally, St. Christopher was only a martyr, and as such is recorded in the old martyrologies. The simple form of the Greek and Latin soon gave way to more elaborate legends. We have the Latin edition in prose and verse of 983 by the subdeacon Walter of Speyer, "Thesaurus anecdotorum novissimus" (Augsburg, 1721-23), II, 27-142, and Harster, "Walter von Speyer" (1878). An edition of the eleventh century is found in the Acta SS., and another in the "Golden Legend" of Jacob de Voragine. The idea conveyed in the name, at first understood in the spiritual sense of bearing Christ in the heart, was in the twelfth or thirteenth century taken in the realistic meaning and became the characteristic of the saint.

The fact that he was frequently called a great martyr may have given rise to the story of his enormous size. The stream and the weight of the child may have been intended to denote the trials and struggles of a soul taking upon itself the yoke of Christ in this world. The existence of a martyr St. Christopher cannot be denied, as was sufficiently shown by the Jesuit Nicholas Serarius, in his treatise on litanies, "Litaneutici" (Cologne, 1609), and by Molanus in his history of sacred pictures, "De picturis et imaginibus sacris" (Louvain, 1570). In a small church dedicated to the martyr St. Christopher, the body of St. Remigius of Reims was buried, 532 (Acta SS., 1 Oct., 161). St. Gregory the Great (d. 604) speaks of a monastery of St. Christopher (Epp., x., 33). The Mozarabic Breviary and Missal, ascribed to St. Isidore of Seville (d. 636), contains a special office in his honour.

In 1386 a brotherhood was founded under the patronage of St. Christopher in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, to guide travellers over the Arlberg. In 1517, a St. Christopher temperance society existed in Carinthia, Styria, in Saxony, and at Munich. Great veneration was shown to the saint in Venice, along the shores of the Danube, the Rhine, and other rivers where floods or ice-jams caused frequent damage. The oldest picture of the saint, in the monastery on the Mount Sinai dates from the time of Justinian (527-65). Coins with his image were cast at Wurzburg, in Wurtermberg, and in Bohemia. His statues were placed at the entrances of churches and dwellings, and frequently at bridges; these statues and his pictures often bore the inscription: "Whoever shall behold the image of St. Christopher shall not faint or fall on that day." The saint, who is one of the fourteen holy helpers, has been chosen as patron by Baden, by Brunswick, and by Mecklenburg, and several other cities, as well as by bookbinders, gardeners, mariners, etc.

He is invoked against lightning, storms, epilepsy, pestilence, etc. His feast is kept on 25 July; among the Greeks, on 9 March; and his emblems are the tree, the Christ Child, and a staff. St. Christopher's Island (commonly called St. Kitts), lies 46 miles west of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. 2009 Post: St. Christopher: St. Christopher, one of the "Fourteen Sainted Helpers," has been highly venerated since ancient times in both the Eastern and Western Churches. The older martyrologies say that he suffered death for Christ; in more recent centuries piety has woven garlands of legend about his name. Christopher has become a giant who wished to enter the service of the most powerful of lords. He first thought that the emperor qualified; later he selected the devil, and finally he discovered Christ to be the most powerful Sovereign over all the world. From then on he served Him with greatest fidelity. Because Christopher was of giant stature, he practiced charity by carrying pilgrims across a certain river. Once a child asked to be taken across. He complied as usual.

While carrying the child on his shoulders through the river, it became heavier and heavier, and finally he could hardly support it. Then the revelation was made: "You are carrying the Lord of the world!" It was Christ (Christopher means "Christ-carrier"). The legend has the nature of a symbol. Bishop Vida gives the following exposition: "Because you, O Christopher, always carried Christ in your heart, the artists place Christ on your shoulders. Because you suffered much, they paint you standing deep in the waters. And because you could not accomplish this without being large of stature, they have made you a giant, bigger than great temples; therefore do you live under the open heavens during the greatest cold. And since you conquered all that is difficult, they have given you a blossoming palm as traveling staff." Patron: Archers; automobile drivers; automobilists; bachelors; boatmen; bus drivers;, cab drivers; floods; fruit dealers; fullers; hailstorms; holy death; lorry drivers; mariners; market carriers; motorists; porters; Rab, Croatia; sailors; storms; sudden death; taxi drivers; toothache; transportation; transportation workers; travellers; truck drivers; truckers; watermen.

Symbols: Giant; torrent; tree; man with Christ on his shoulders. The 'Christ Bearer' St. Christopher is still a saint. Tradition holds that he died at Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor about the year 251. Various legends surround his life. The most popular is that he was a rather ugly, giant man, born to a heathen king who was married to a Christian, who had prayed to the Blessed Mother for a child. Originally named "Offerus," he carried people across the river for his livelihood. (Another source stated that he was named "Reprobus" prior to his baptism, and then changed his name.) He converted from paganism through the teaching of a hermit, named "Babylas." Christopher believed that our Lord was the most powerful of all, more powerful than any man and one whom even Satan feared. Again according to legend, one day one of his passengers to cross the river was a small child. As they proceeded, the child kept growing heavier; and Christopher feared that they would drown. The child then revealed Himself as Jesus, and the heaviness was due to the weight of the world that He carried on His shoulders.

According to the Roman Martyrology, he suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Emperor Decius by being shot with arrows after surviving burning. The name Christopher means "Christ bearer." He is the patron saint of travelers, especially those driving cars. His popularity increased during the Middle Ages. However, evidence attests to widespread devotion even prior to this time: St. Remigius of Rheims was buried in 532 in a church dedicated to St. Christopher; Pope St. Gregory the Great (d. 604) mentioned in his letters a monastery dedicated to this saint; and the Mozarabic Breviary and Missal of St. Isidore of Seville (d. 636) has a special office dedicated to him. St. Christopher is particularly venerated in Southern Germany, Austria and Northern Italy (which was part of the Austrian Empire until after World War I), because he is one, of the "Fourteen Holy Helpers," a group of saints invoked as early as the 12th century in these areas and who are honored on Aug. 8: St. Denis of Paris (headache and rabies), St. Erasmus or Elmo (colic and cramp), St.

Blaise (throat ailments), St. Barbara (lightning, fire, explosion, and sudden and unprepared death), St. Margaret (possession and pregnancy), St. Catherine of Alexandria (philosophers and students, and wheelwrights), St. George (protector of soldiers), Sts. Achatius and Eustace (hunters), St. Pantaleon (tuberculosis), St. Giles (epilepsy, insanity and sterility), St. Cyriac (demonic possession), St. Vitus (epilepsy) and St. Christopher (travelers). The German Dominicans promoted this veneration, particularly at the Church of St. Blaise in Regensburg (c. 1320). Moreover, medals of St. Christopher and car medallions or pins are still manufactured and used by the faithful. St. Christopher's feast day is still July 25, and the proper of the Mass in his honor is found in the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal still authorized for the Tridentine Mass. The confusion over whether St.

Christopher is still a saint arose when Pope Paul VI revised the Liturgical Calendar, which includes the feast days of saints that are commemorated at Mass. Due to the proliferation of the number of feast days over the centuries, the Second Vatican Council in its "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy" proposed, "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church, or nation, or family of religious. Only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance" (No. 111). With this in mind, a special commission — Consilium — examined the calendar and removed those saints whose historical base was more grounded on tradition than provable fact, changed the feast days to coincide with the anniversary of a saint's death or martyrdom whenever possible, and added saints that were recently canonized and had universal Church appeal. Moreover, local conferences of bishops could add to the universal calendar those saints important to the faithful in their own country. In no way did the Church "de-canonize" St. Christopher or anyone else, despite the lack of historical evidence surrounding their lives. St.

Christopher is still worthy of our devotion and prayers, and each of us should be mindful that he too is called to be a "bearer of Christ." St. Christopher the Martyr: Before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar, Christopher was listed as a martyr who died under Decius. Nothing else is known about him. There are several legends about him including the one in which he was crossing a river when a child asked to be carried across. When Christopher put the child on his shoulders he found the child was unbelievably heavy. The child, according to the legend, was Christ carrying the weight of the whole world. This was what made Christopher patron saint of travelers and is invoked against storms, plagues, etc.. His former feast day is July 25. Before the formal canonization process began in the fifteenth century, many saints were proclaimed by popular approval. This was a much faster process but unfortunately many of the saints so named were based on legends, pagan mythology, or even other religions -- for example, the story of the Buddha traveled west to Europe and he was "converted" into a Catholic saint!

In 1969, the Church took a long look at all the saints on its calendar to see if there was historical evidence that that saint existed and lived a life of holiness. In taking that long look, the Church discovered that there was little proof that many "saints", including some very popular ones, ever lived. Christopher was one of the names that was determined to have a basis mostly in legend. Therefore Christopher (and others) were dropped from the universal calendar. Some saints were considered so legendary that their cult was completely repressed (including St. Ursula). Christopher's cult was not suppressed but it is confined to local calendars (those for a diocese, country, or so forth). His name Christopher, means Christ-bearer. He died a martyr during the reign of Decius in the third century. St. Christopher - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saints & Angels Author and Publisher - Catholic Online Facts Patron of bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, and toothache Death: 251 Take the Saints Trivia Quiz now! Saint Christopher is one of the most popular, yet most enigmatic Catholic figures.

He is considered a saint, although he is not in the official canon of the saints. He is listed as a martyr, possibly named Reprobus, who died under the Roman Emperor Decius, in 251 AD. Most Catholics refer to him as Saint Christopher anyway, and his medals and devotions are among the most common in Catholicism. Other than his listing as a martyr, there are no primary sources referring to St. Christopher, only legends. According to legend, St. Christopher was extremely tall, and by some accounts he was even a giant! He is referred to as a Canaanite. We think this is unlikely, but he was surely a man of significant physical stature. Christopher decided one day that he wanted to serve the greatest king he could. He presented himself before his local ruler and entered service, until he noticed the king cross himself at the mention of the devil, revealing that the king believed the Devil to have more power. St. Christopher then decided to serve the Devil. During his search, he encountered a band of thieves, whose leader referred to himself as the Devil. But when this leader avoided a Christian cross out of fear, St. Christopher learned there was someone even more powerful than the Devil. St.

Christopher found a hermit who taught him all about Christ, the King of Kings. The hermit suggested that he spend his life in prayer and fasting, a thing which St. Christopher, a large and probably often hungry man found difficult, he objected. The hermit suggested he then find something else that would please Christ. St. Christopher offered to work at a nearby river, and help travelers across. The fording was dangerous and many with less strength people had drowned. The hermit advised St. Christopher this would please Christ. One day, a child approached St. Christopher by the river and asked to be helped across. St. Christopher obliged. However, as he entered midstream, the river rose and the child's weight grew and became extremely heavy. It was only by great exertion that St. Christopher safely delivered the child to the other side. When St. Christopher asked the child why he was so heavy, the child explained that He was the Christ and when St. Christopher carried Him, he also carried the weight of the whole world on his shoulders. The child then vanished. Other legends state that St. Christopher traveled after this experience and evangelized thousands of people.

Arriving in Lycia in Asia Minor, and witnessing to Christians there who were being martyred. At that time, St. Christopher was detained and ordered to offer a sacrifice to the emperor. When he refused, it was decided to attempt to persuade him with money and women. Two women were sent to seduce him, but instead he converted them to Christianity. After this, it was decided to have him killed, but various attempts to assassinate him failed. Eventually, he was arrested and beheaded. The name "Christopher" means Christ-bearer, and may allude to the legend of the man carrying the Christ Child across the river. Saint Christopher also did not become popularized in the Church until the 7th century, about three centuries after his supposed death. We know of his popularity because around the 7th century, churches and monasteries began to be named after him. This adds credibility to the supposition that St. Christopher was merely a legendary figure and not a real person. There is also speculation that St. Christopher could have also been confused with St. Menas, an Egyptian saint. Both Christopher and Menas are referred to as "Christ bearers" and are patrons of travelers. St.

Christopher is the patron saint of travelers and of children. His feast day is July 25. Because he is not officially recognized by the Church, he has no date of beatification or canonization. Despite these technicalities, it is widely thought that he was real and that he continues to intercede on behalf of Christians, especially children, today. Lucky W Amulet Archive: Good Luck Charms, Magic Talismans, Protection Amulets CATHOLIC PATRON SAINT OF TRAVEL SAFETY SPIRITUAL SUPPLIES in HOODOO and CONJURE The one-time Catholic patron saint of travellers, Saint Christopher -- whose name means "Christ carrier" -- is not mentioned in the Bible. While there may have been a 3rd century Greek martyr named Christopher, the story told of him is now generally acknowledged to be a 12th century addendum to the Christian canon. Christopher is typically depicted as a tall, middle-aged, bearded man with a staff who wades across a river carrying the Christ child on his shoulders. As the story goes, the extremely robust Christopher devoted his life to carrying people across an otherwise unfordable stream. One day a little child appeared before him and asked to be carried across.

To Christopher's surprise, as he forded the river, the child steadily increased in weight until Christopher found his tiny burden so heavy that it was amost impossible to bear. When he asked the holy babe why he weighed so much, the child replied that he carried the world's sins upon his shoulders. As a reward for his service, Christopher's staff was miraculously transformed into a living tree, and Christopher himself became the Patron Saint of travellers. Christopher was a widely popular saint, and was especially revered by mariners, ferrymen, and travellers. HIs feast day was July 25th, except in Greece, where it was celebrated on March 9th. In modern times a major center of his cult was in Italy and among Italian-Americans, a fact that did not stop the Vatican from de-canonizing him during a late 20th century purge of the list of saints.

Saint Christopher medals and holy cards are more difficult to find now that his status has been downgraded to that of a mere legend, but they are still being manufactured and many Mexican and Italian Catholics still believe that his image is the best amulet to carry in one's wallet, wear on a necklace while on a journey, or hang from the rear view mirror attachment of one's car. The enamel and silver Saint Christopher medal shown here dates from the 1930s. Related pages of interest: CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Christopher Saint Christopher 10 July (some areas of Spain ) Profile Third century martyr in the persecutions of Decius . Little else is known for sure. His fame derives from the pious legend of him being a “Christ-bearer” (= Christopher). He was a powerfully built man who wandered the world in search of novelty and adventure. He came upon a hermit who lived beside a dangerous stream and served others by guiding them to safe places to cross. He gave Offero instruction in the truth of God. Offero took the hermit ‘s place, but instead of guiding travellers , he carried them safely across the stream.

One day he carried a small child across the stream; the child ‘s weight nearly crushed him. When they arrived on the other side, the child revealed himself as Christ, and he was so heavy because he bore the weight of the world on himself. He then baptised Offero with water from the stream. Christopher’s service at the stream led to his patronage of things related to travel and travellers , people who carry things, etc. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers . Born EWTN's Saints and other Holy People Home bachelors, transportation (drivers, sailors, etc.), travelling (especially for long journeys), storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, toothache St. Christopher, a martyr, probably of the third century. Although St. Christopher is one of the most popular saints in the East and in the West, almost nothing certain is known about his life or death. The legend says: A heathen king (in Canaan or Arabia), through the prayers of his wife to the Blessed Virgin, had a son, whom he called Offerus (Offro, Adokimus, or Reprebus) and dedicated to the gods Machmet and Apollo.

Acquiring in time extraordinary size and strength, Offerus resolved to serve only the strongest and the bravest. He bound himself successively to a mighty king and to Satan, but he found both lacking in courage, the former dreading even the name of the devil, and the latter frightened by the sight of a cross at the roadside. For a time his search for a new master was in vain, but at last he found a hermit (Babylas?) who told him to offer his allegiance to Christ, instructed him in the Faith, and baptized him. Christopher, as he was now called, would not promise to do any fasting or praying, but willingly accepted the task of carrying people, for God's sake, across a raging stream. One day he was carrying a child who continually grew heavier, so that it seemed to him as if he had the whole world on his shoulders. The child, on inquiry, made himself known as the Creator and Redeemer of the world. To prove his statement the child ordered Christopher to fix his staff in the ground. The next morning it had grown into a palm-tree bearing fruit. The miracle converted many.

This excited the rage of the king (prefect) of that region (Dagnus of Samos in Lycia?). Christopher was put into prison and, after many cruel torments, beheaded. The Greek legend may belong to the sixth century; about the middle of the ninth, we find it spread through France. Originally, St. Christopher was only a martyr, and as such is recorded in the old martyrologies. The simple form of the Greek and Latin <passio> soon gave way to more elaborate legends. We have the Latin edition in prose and verse of 983 by the subdeacon Walter of Speyer, "Thesaurus anecdotorum novissimus" (Augsburg, 1721-23), II, 27-142, and Harster, "Walter von Speyer" (1878). An edition of the eleventh century is found in the Acta SS., and another in the "Golden Legend" of Jacob de Voragine.

The idea conveyed in the name, at first understood in the spiritual sense of bearing Christ in the heart, was in the twelfth or thirteenth century taken in the realistic meaning and became the characteristic of the saint. The fact that he was frequently called a great martyr may have given rise to the story of his enormous size. The stream and the wait of the child may have been intended to denote the trials and struggles of a soul taking upon itself the yoke of Christ in this world. The existence of a martyr St. Christopher cannot be denied, as was sufficiently shown by the Jesuit Nicholas Serarius, in his treatise on litanies, "Litaneutici" (Cologne, 1609), and by Molanus in his history of sacred pictures, "De picturis et imaginibus sacris" (Louvain, 1570). In a small church dedicated to the martyr St. Christopher, the body of St. Remigius of Reims was buried, 532 (Acta SS., 1 Oct., 161). St. Gregory the Great (d. 604) speaks of a monastery of St. Christopher (Epp., x., 33).

The Mozarabic Breviary and Missal, ascribed to St. Isidore of Seville (d. 636), contains a special office in his honour. In 1386 a brotherhood was founded under the patronage of St. Christopher in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, to guide travellers over the Arlberg. In 1517, a St. Christopher temperance society existed in Carinthia, Styria, in Saxony, and at Munich. Great veneration was shown to the saint in Venice, along the shores of the Danube, the Rhine, and other rivers where floods or ice-jams caused frequent damage. The oldest picture of the saint, in the monastery on the Mount Sinai dates from the time of Justinian (527-65). Coins with his image were cast at Wurzburg, in Wurtermberg, and in Bohemia. His statues were placed at the entrances of churches and dwellings, and frequently at bridges; these statues and his pictures often bore the inscription: "Whoever shall behold the image of St.

Christopher shall not faint or fall on that day." The saint, who is one of the fourteen holy helpers, has been chosen as patron by Baden, by Brunswick, and by Mecklenburg, and several other cities, as well as by bookbinders, gardeners, mariners, etc. He is invoked against lightning, storms, epilepsy, pestilence, etc. His feast is kept on 25 July; among the Greeks, on 9 March; and his emblems are the tree, the Christ Child, and a staff. St. Christopher's Island (commonly called St. Kitts), lies 46 miles west of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. EWTN Document Library: A martyr, probably of the third century. Although St. Christopher is one of the most popular saints in the East and in the West, almost nothing certain is known about his life or death. For More CLICK HERE to Search the EWTN Document Library St Christopher - Saint Christopher - Saint of Travel - Patron Saint Prayers to My Favorite Saints - Part 1. A collection of original prayers to fifteen of the most beloved Saints. Illustrated in full color.

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Question: Which saint, whose feast day is 25 July, is the patron saint of travellers, sailors and drivers?
Answer: St Christopher