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Is St. Christopher a patron saint?

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St. Christopher is a legendary figure who may or may not have actually existed. Because there is so little evidence or information about him, he was removed from the Church Calendar of Saints several decades back. However, he is still considered as the patron saint of:

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

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