Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers. He is listed as a
martyr. He is venerated in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental
Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism. His name may have been Reprobus,
though nobody knows that for sure. Other than his being on the list of martyrs
there is no prime source that refers to him, only stories passed down by word
of mouth through the ages. According to the accounts he was extremely tall.
Some say he was seven foot five inches tall, some say he was a giant. Either
way, he was probably a man of significant physical stature. Usually, there is
only a grain of truth in most stories told.
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