Can someone tell me what St. Christopher is the patron saint of?

Question

My boyfriend wants to be a firefighter. He recently recieved a St. Christopher medallion from his great-grandfather who was also a firefighter. He says it is for protection in the line-of-duty. Is this true?

Answer 1

Travelers and Firefighters

Most everyone will not say Firefighter but in this case there is a special exception.

There is always special exceptions for all Firefighters, they are all hero's you know.

Answer 2

Patron Saint Of Firefighters

Answer 3

St Christopher is the patron saint of travelers

Answer 4

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Can someone tell me what St. Christopher is the patron saint of?
My boyfriend wants to be a firefighter. He recently recieved a St. Christopher medallion from his great-grandfather who was also a firefighter. He says it is for protection in the line-of-duty. Is this true?

Answer 5

St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers but I know that my brother is a firefighter and has a St. Christopher medal in his truck and pinned in his turn-out gear. Must be something with the firefighters also.

Answer 6

St. Christopher was the patron saint of travellers. There may be some connection with the firefighters in that Christopher, whose name means "Christ-bearer," was said to have carried Jesus upon his shoulders much as a firefighter would carry someone from a burning building.

Answer 7

St Florian is the patron saint of firefighters

Answer 8

Christopher was the patron saint of travelers, but the church decided he was really a myth and didn't exist yet many catholics still view him as a saint. So now he is the patron saint of imaginary myths.

Answer 9

Also known as:
Cristobal; Kester; Kitts; Offero

Memorial:
25 July (Roman calendar); 9 March (Greek calendar)

Profile:
Third century martyr in the persecutions of Decius. Little else is known for sure.

His fame derives from the pious legend of him being a "Christ-bearer" (= Christopher). He was a powerfully built man who wandered the world in search of novelty and adventure. He came upon a hermit who lived beside a dangerous stream and served others by guiding them to safe places to cross. He gave Offero instruction in the truth of God. Offero took the hermit's place, but instead of guiding travellers, he carried them safely across the stream.

One day he carried a small child across the stream; the child's weight nearly crushed him. When they arrived on the other side, the child revealed himself as Christ, and he was so heavy because he bore the weight of the world on himself. He then baptised Offero with water from the stream. Christopher's service at the stream led to his patronage of things related to travel and travellers, people who carry things, etc. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Born
at Canaan as Offero

Died:
martyred c.251

Name Meaning:
Christ-bearer (Greek: christos, Christ, pherein, to bear); (Latin: Christophorus, Christbearer)

Patronage:
against lightning; against pestilence; archers; automobile drivers; automobilists; bachelors; Baden, Germany; Barga, Italy; boatmen; bookbinders; Brunswick, Germany; bus drivers; cab drivers; epilepsy; epileptics; floods; fruit dealers; fullers; gardeners; hailstorms; Havana, Cuba; holy death; lightning; lorry drivers; mariners; market carriers; Mecklenburg, Germany; motorists; pestilence; porters; Rab Croatia; sailors; Saint Christopher's Island; Saint Kitts; storms; sudden death; taxi drivers; toothache; Toses, Girona, Catalonia, Spain; transportation; transportation workers; travellers; truck drivers; truckers; watermen

Answer 10

St Christopher is the protector of your journey. Wherever you go, he is there to guide you safely.