According to these traditions, he was a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius ( r. 249–251), or alternatively under the emperor ... Saint Christopher Carrying the... · Saint Christopher in popular... · Marmarica

According to the Golden Legend, St Christopher's martyrdom took place in Samos, in Lycia. Tradition tells us that he resisted torture, inflicted with iron ...

He apparently died under the Roman Emperor Decius, in 251 AD. Most Catholics refer to him as Saint Christopher anyway, and his medals and the popular devotions ...

According to the Roman martyrology, he died in Lycia under the Roman emperor Decius (c. 250). He is the hero of many later legends, which represent him as a ...

Feast day: July 25th. Death: 251. Before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar, Christopher was listed as a martyr who died under Decius.

St. Christopher is still a saint. Tradition holds that he died at Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor about the year 251.

Although St. Christopher is one of the most popular saints in the East and in the West, almost nothing certain is known about his life or death. The legend ...

This, too, having no effect, he was beheaded, on July 25th, 254. Two great saints refer to the wonderful achievements of St. Christophorus. St. Ambrose mentions ...

Yes, St. Christopher is still a saint. Tradition holds that he died at Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor about the year 251.