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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Christopher, a Martyr of Universal Fame
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Schmid, Christoph von
• Scheiner, Christopher
• Saint Christopher
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld
• Antoine Christophe Merlin
• Antoine Christophe Saliceti
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Airay, Christopher
• Althofer, Christoph
• Amberger, Christoph
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Adelung, Johann Christoph
• Beaumont, Christophe de
• Christophe, Henri
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von Lassberg
• Christoph Anton Migazzi
• Christoph Brouwer
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Christian, Gustav Christopher
• Columbus, Christopher, and the Jews
• Ewald, Ferdinand Christopher
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(Christophorus, Christ-bearer), a saint and martyr of the Roman and Greek calendars. The legends make him twelve feet high, and enormous statues of him are still to be found in cathedrals. The place and time of his birth, and, in fact, his very existence, are doubtful. He is said to have suffered martyrdom under Decius. His day in the Greek calendar is May 9; in the Roman, July 25. Of the curious legend of St. Christopher, and the representations of it in mediaeval art, see Mrs. Jameson, Sacred and Legendary Art, 2:439-450. See also Acta Sanctorum, July 25; Butler, Lives of Saints, July 25; Hoefer, Biog. Generale, s.v.