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SAINTS river, the weight of the child seemed miraculously to increase and it was with great difficulty that they reached the far bank. The child informed him that he was, in fact, Jesus Christ himself and the reason he had been so heavy was that he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. Christ instructed St Christopher to plant his staff in the ground and told him that it would sprout leaves and bear fruit the next day as proof that he was indeed who he said he was.When St Christopher did so it grew into a palm tree. Following this miracle St Christopher took to evangelising but was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Decius. Because of his encounter with Christ, St Christopher is famously the patron saint of travellers but he was also invoked against the plague, danger by water and from tempests and also for protection from sudden deaths. For this reason pictures of St Christopher were often painted in churches on the north wall opposite the porch so that everyone could see it. It was believed that if an individual looked at an image of St Christopher he or she would not die that day. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, he is sometimes known somewhat bizarrely as St Christopher the Dog face. According to their traditions, St Christopher was from a Berber tribe who were cannibals and were cynocephalic, meaning that they had the heads of dogs rather than humans. He was said to be a giant of a man who embraced Christianity during the reign of the emperor Decius and preached to the unconverted. He made many new converts for Christianity but was finally martyred and his body taken to Alexandria by Peter of Attalia. The popularity of St Christopher declined during the Reformation and he was singled out for particular criticism by •82•
SAINTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES Erasmus in his Praise of Folly. In the modern era this trend has been dramatically reversed as travel by air and car has become an increasingly important aspect of people’s lives and his protection has again become commonly invoked. St Christopher medallions today are widespread in their popularity and appeal. St George Although St George ranks amongst the early Christian martyrs, his fame and popularity reached their peak during the Middle Ages. For many the fact that he is revered as a martyr may come as something of a surprise, since he has been absorbed into folk culture largely through the legend of his battle with the ferocious dragon. His story is a fascinating one and he has been adopted as a patron saint by many countries, including, most famously, England. According to the earliest martyrologies, St George was killed for his faith on 23 April in 303 AD at Lydda in Palestine. Accounts of his life are variable and unreliable to such an extent that it has been argued that he never actually existed. Some claim that he was a native of Cappadocia, a region in central Turkey, which at that time was part of the Eastern Roman Empire. He was said to have been from a prominent and noble family and had risen through the Roman military to occupy a position of some rank. Other sources suggest that he may have occupied some other position of importance within the Roman Empire but the consensus seems to be that he was figure of some social significance. He is generally depicted as a military saint, although the earliest known icon of him does not make this explicit; he is depicted wearing robes but some •83•
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Contents Introduction 9 Early Chris
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Jenkins, Simon, Englan
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Abda al-Qadir al-Jilani, 68 Act of
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Domitian, 21 dragons, 21, 49, 79, 8
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Magdalene, Mary, 18-19 Mahatma, 11
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