Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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Christopher

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - 251
Description
Nothing is known of him except for his death, in Asia Minor, during the Decian persecution. A church was dedicated to him in Bithynia in 452 and there are 8th-cent. legends in both Greek and Latin. [ODS, 105-6.]
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Martyr 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
7 25 yes St Christopher None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
Giant None
Man with Christ on Shoulders None
Tree None
Torrent None
specialist associations
association notes
Travellers None
Porters None