What is Saint Christopher?
{{Infobox saint|name=Christopher|image=Jheronimus Bosch - Saint Christopher - Google Art ProjectFXD.jpg|caption=''[[St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child]]'', by [[Hieronymus Bosch]] (AD 1485)|titles=[[Martyr]]|birth_date=Unknown|birth_place=[[Canaan]] (Western accounts) or [[Marmarica]] (Eastern accounts)|death_date=251|death_place=[[Anatolia]]|feast_day=*24 July (German-speaking dioceses) *25 July ([[Latin Church]]) *9 May ([[Eastern Churches]])<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3077/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας].'' 9 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref> *2 Parmouti ([[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Orthodox-Saints-Biography/Coptic-Saints-Story_879.html |title=الشهيد خريستوفوروس حامل المسيح |publisher=St-Takla.org |date= |accessdate=2022-08-05}}</ref>|venerated_in={{ubl|[[Roman Catholicism]]|[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]]|[[Lutheran Church|Lutheranism]]|[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]|[[Anglicanism]]}}|beatified_place=|beatified_by=|canonized_date=[[Pre-Congregation]]|canonized_place=|canonized_by=|attributes=tree, branch, as a [[giant (mythology)|giant]] or [[ogre]], carrying the Christ child, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man|patronage=[[athletics (physical culture)|athletics]], [[bachelor]]s, [[transportation]] (drivers, sailors, etc.), [[travel]]ing (especially for long journeys), [[surfing]], [[storm]]s, [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]], Saint Christopher's Island ([[Saint Kitts]]), Island [[Rab]], [[Vilnius]], [[Havana]], [[epilepsy]], gardeners, [[toothache]]|issues=|suppressed_date=|honorific_prefix=[[Saint]]}} '''Saint Christopher''' was a [[Christian]] [[Saint]]. He was murdered in 251 in [[Turkey]] when it was part of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|title=T.D. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge, MA, 1982)|pages=65–66}}</ref> He is the patron saint of travelers == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Christian saints]]