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5 unusual facts about Saint Christopher


All Saints Church, Little Wenham

To the east of the north door is a wall painting of Saint Christopher and the Christ Child.

Dolphin Flag

The Dolphin Flag of Anguilla was adopted on September 29, 1967, after the colony (then part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain as the Republic of Anguilla.

Saint Christopher

According to church tradition, a bishop waved the relics from the city wall in 1358AD in order to end a siege of the city by an Ottoman army.

Medallions with St. Christopher's name and image are commonly worn as pendants, especially by travelers, to show devotion and as a request for his blessing.

St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham

One shows parts of Saint George killing the Dragon, another is thought to have contained Saint Christopher, and another possibly is of The Three Living and the Three Dead.


1766 in Great Britain

20 February - The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that a British sloop outside of Wilmington, North Carolina seized one sloop sailing from Philadelphia and one sloop sailing from Saint Christopher on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps.

Landry of Paris

Consecrated bishop of Paris in 650, he built the first major hospital in the city, dedicating it to Saint Christopher, which is now the Hôtel-Dieu.

St. Mark's Church, Vrba

An image of St Christopher and one of the Crucifixion date to the early 15th century and are in the style of the Gorizia school.


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Playmakers

Guerwitcz (Dan Petronijevic) gives Harris his Saint Christopher medal in an attempt to help him begin leaving his habit behind, and recites the Lord's Prayer before the team returns to the field.

Saint Christopher of Trebizond

Saint Christopher of Trebizond was born in a village called Gazaree in Trebizond in the region of Pontus, Asia Minor.