Saint Christopher
Martyr
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Saint Christopher is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius, or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia. There appears to be confusion due to the similarity in... Wikipedia
Born: Canaan
Died: 251 AD, Anatolia
Attributes: tree, branch, as a giant or ogre, carrying the Christ child, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Venerated in: Orthodoxy; Roman Catholicism; Lutheranism; Oriental Orthodoxy; Anglicanism